Assembly of an air guide to a structural element of a motor vehicle, and corresponding vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10245938-B2
Application number	US-201815912146-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2018
Priority date	Mar 17, 2014
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

An air guide is assembled on a structural component of a motor vehicle by at least two fasteners that each include a first component and a second component. The fasteners project laterally from a frame defined by lateral edges of the structural component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fastening direction. The first component is joined to the air guide by a retainer that breaks following an impact directed substantially parallel to the fastening direction. Lateral edges of the air guide exhibit guide parts situated substantially opposite second components. Each guide part guides a lateral edge of the structural component supporting a second component inside the air guide following a breakage of the retainer of the first component working together with the second component, the breakage resulting in movement of the air guide towards the structural component in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly comprising:
an air guide on a structural component of a motor vehicle; and
at least two fastening means of the air guide to the structural component, said fastening means being disposed on lateral edges of said air guide and of the structural component, each fastening means comprising a first fastening component integral with the air guide and a second fastening component integral with the structural component, the first and second fastening components being formed to work together in a same fastening direction,
wherein the fastening means project laterally from a frame defined by the lateral edges of the structural component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fastening direction,
wherein the first fastening component is joined to the air guide by retaining means formed to break following an impact in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction, and
wherein the lateral edges of the air guide exhibit guide parts situated substantially opposite second fastening components, each guide part being formed to guide a lateral edge of the structural component supporting a second fastening component inside the air guide following a breakage of the retaining means of the first fastening component working together with said second fastening component, the breakage resulting in a movement of the air guide towards the structural component in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction.

2. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a free edge of a guide part directed towards the structural component is not opposite the structural component in the fastening direction.

3. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a guide part defines a concavity open towards the inside of the air guide and towards the structural component, said concavity exhibiting a splayed shape from the air guide towards the structural component in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction.

4. The assembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the guide part exhibits at least one sloping section splayed towards the structural component in a direction.

5. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the retaining means link a first fastening component to a guide part.

6. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the retaining means comprise a hinge liming the first fastening component to a free edge of said guide part.

7. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the retaining means comprise at least one retaining component formed to hold the first fastening component, the retaining component being chosen from among:
a stop formed by a boss on the guide part,
a mounted stop fastened to the guide part,
a fastening lug integral with the guide part and the first fastening component, and
a fastening lug integral with the first fastening component, one end of which is inserted in, or is in contact with, a hole in the guide part.

8. The assembly as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the retaining component is the fastening lug integral with the first fastening component, one end of which inserted in, or in contact with, a hole in the guide part, and wherein the guide part comprises sloping surfaces formed to move said fastening lug away from the hole in the guide part during a movement of the first fastening component in the direction of the guide part, this spacing being sufficient to cause the end of the fastening lug to disengage from said hole.

9. An air guide for an assembly with a structural component as claimed in claim 1 , the air guide comprising at least two first fastening components disposed on the lateral edges and intended to work together with second fastening components integral with said structural component in a same fastening direction,
wherein the first fastening components project laterally from a frame defined by the lateral edges of the structural component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fastening direction when the air guide is assembled on the structural component,
wherein the first fastening component is joined to the air guide by retaining means formed to be broken following an impact in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction, and
wherein the lateral edges of the air guide exhibit guide parts situated substantially opposite second fastening components when the air guide is assembled on the structural component, each guide part being formed to guide a lateral edge of the structural component supporting a second fastening component inside the air guide following a breakage of the first fastening component working together with said second fastening component, the breakage resulting from a movement of the air guide towards the structural component in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction.

10. A motor vehicle comprising:
an assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening direction of the air guide is parallel or substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the air guide being fastened to the front of the structural component.

Assignees

• Renault Sas

Inventors

• Bui Joseph
• Janier Benoit
• Dauboin Gilles
• Grevet Stephane

Classifications

• B60K11/08 Primary

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• B60Y2306/01

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• B60K11/04

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• B60K11/06

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