ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE OF INTAKE DUCT AND INTAKE DUCT

• Main Authors: GOTO ISAO, YOSHIMURA HITOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.08.2006
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress or prevent damage to equipment (radiator 4, inter-cooler 5, etc.) in an engine room 2 even when the front part of a vehicle body 1 is lightly collided with the other object in a structure in which an intake duct 10 for a vehicle is disposed between a radiator upper support 8 and an air cleaner 6 facing each other in the engine room 2. SOLUTION: A linear part 11 disposed overlappingly with the radiator upper support 8, when projected, as viewed from the front of the vehicle body 1 is provided in the intake duct 10. The linear part 11 is formed of a hard-to-break soft elastic material. Thus, even if the radiator upper support 8 is lightly collided with an external object, the radiator upper support 8 is deformed by a prescribed amount and intruded into the engine room 2, and the linear part 11 of the intake duct 10 is compressed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body 1 by the radiator upper support 8 and the air cleaner 6, the linear part 11 is not broken but slightly elastically and compressingly deformed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI