Air guide structure for an engine compartment of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10422270-B2
Application number	US-201414433810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2014
Priority date	Jan 11, 2013
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

In an engine room, heat insulators are provided on the rear side in the forth and back direction of a vehicle with respect to an engine and on the front side in the forth and back direction of the vehicle with respect to a dash panel arranged on a back side of the vehicle with respect to the engine. A top flange portion is formed at a top of a first heat insulator. The top flange portion is extending in a direction obliquely upward and backward of the vehicle to guide air heated by an exhaust system from the engine in an upward direction of the vehicle. A top bent portion is formed at a top of a second heat insulator such that the top bent portion is arranged in the vicinity of the cowling panel in order to guide the heated air in an upward direction of the vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air guide structure of a vehicle comprising:
a pair of heat insulators provided within an engine room, each of the pair of heat insulators having a plurality of heat insulator segments with different orientations, the pair of heat insulators including: (i) a first heat insulator disposed on a rear side of an engine in a front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the engine arranged within the engine room, and (ii) a second heat insulator disposed on a front side of a dash panel in the front and rear direction of the vehicle, the dash panel being arranged on a rear side of the engine room of the vehicle;
an air guide portion, which is formed as one of the plurality of heat insulator segments of at least one of the pair of heat insulators, the air guide portion extending at a top of the at least one of the pair of heat insulators, the air guide portion being arranged to guide air heated by an exhaust system from the engine upward in the vehicle; and
a plurality of bent portions provided on both sides in a width direction of the vehicle with respect to the pair of heat insulators provided on front side in the front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the dash panel, the plurality of bent portions being bent towards the front side of the vehicle.

2. The air guide structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the pair of heat insulators are arranged to cover components provided on a front side of the vehicle in the front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the dash panel; and
the air guide portion is arranged in a vicinity of a cowling arranged on an upper side of the vehicle with respect to the dash panel.

3. The air guide structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the air guide portion is formed at a top end of a vertical wall portion of at least one of the pair of heat insulators; and
the air guide portion is constructed as a flange portion extending from the vertical wall portion obliquely upward with respect to the vehicle or from the vertical wall portion horizontally in the front and rear direction of the vehicle.

4. The air guide structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air guide structure of the vehicle includes the pair of heat insulators provided on the rear side in the front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the engine and the pair of heat insulators being provided on the front side in the front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the dash panel.

5. The air guide structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vehicle includes the engine room, the engine, the dash panel and the air guide structure; and
the air guide structure is mounted in the engine room.

6. An air guide structure of a vehicle comprising:
at least one heat insulator provided within an engine room, the at least one heat insulator having a plurality of heat insulator segments with different orientations, the at least one heat insulator being located on a rear side of an engine in a front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the engine arranged within the engine room;
an air guide portion, which is formed as one of the plurality of heat insulator segments of the at least one heat insulator, the air guide portion extending at a top portion of the at least one heat insulator, the air guide portion being arranged to guide air heated by an exhaust system from the engine upward of the vehicle, the air guide portion extending away from the at least one heat insulator and being angled with respect to the at least one heat insulator, such that the air guide portion is angled towards the rear side of the engine room in the front and rear direction of the vehicle; and
a plurality of bent portions provided on both sides in a width direction of the vehicle with respect to the pair of heat insulators provided on front side in the front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the dash panel, the plurality of bent portions being bent towards the front side of the vehicle.

7. An air guide structure of a vehicle comprising:
a pair of heat insulators provided within an engine room, each of the pair of heat insulators having a plurality of heat insulator segments with different orientations, each of the pair of heat insulators being located on: (i) a rear side of an engine in a front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the engine arranged within the engine room, and (ii) a front side of a dash panel in the front and rear direction of the vehicle, the dash panel being arranged on a back side of the engine room of the vehicle with respect to the engine;
an air guide portion, which is formed as one of the plurality of heat insulator segments of each of the pair of heat insulators, the air guide portions extending at a top portion of each of the pair of heat insulators, the air guide portions being arranged to form an air passage that guides air heated by an exhaust system from the engine upward of the vehicle, the air guide portions extending away from each of the pair of heat insulators and being angled with respect to each of the pair of heat insulators, such that (i) the air guide portion formed on the heat insulator located on the rear side of the engine is angled towards the rear side of the engine room in the front and rear direction of the vehicle, and (ii) the air guide portion formed on the heat insulator located on the front side of the dash panel is angled towards a front side of the engine room in the front and rear direction of the vehicle; and
a plurality of bent portions provided on both sides in a width direction of the vehicle with respect to the pair of heat insulators provided on front side in the front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the dash panel, the plurality of bent portions being bent towards the front side of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Tanno Masahiro
• Korogi Yuto
• Ogata Kazuyoshi
• Nishino Akira
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanno Masahiro
• Korogi Yuto
• Ogata Kazuyoshi
• Nishino Akira

Classifications

• B62D25/14

  Dashboards as superstructure sub-units (other dashboard aspects B60K) · CPC title

• B60K13/04

  concerning exhaust · CPC title

• B62D49/00

  Tractors (of walk type B62D51/04; endless- track features B62D55/00 {; transport specially adapted for underground galleries E21F13/02}) · CPC title

• F01N2260/20

  for heat or sound protection, e.g. using a shield or specially shaped outer surface of exhaust device · CPC title

• F01N2260/022

  using air · CPC title