Apparatus for improving cooling efficiency of engine room in vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016298580-A1
Application number	US-201514949621-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 23, 2015
Priority date	Apr 8, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An apparatus for improving cooling performance of an engine room in a vehicle, may include an air duct connected to an air cleaner to serve as a moving guide of fresh air; a duct flap installed to open and close some section of the air duct and operated to supply all the fresh air introduced into the air duct when the air duct is in a closed state to the air cleaner and discharge some of the fresh air introduced into the air duct when the air duct is in an opened state to a space of a high temperature part of the engine room; and an actuator supplying power to the duct flap to perform an opening and closing operation of the duct flap.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for improving cooling performance of an engine room in a vehicle, comprising:
an air duct connected to an air cleaner to serve as a moving guide of fresh air; a duct flap installed to open and close a section of the air duct and operated to supply all the fresh air introduced into the air duct when the air duct is in a closed state to the air cleaner and discharge a portion of the fresh air introduced into the air duct when the air duct is in an opened state to a space of a high temperature part of the engine room; and an actuator supplying power to the duct flap to perform an opening and closing operation of the duct flap.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the space of the high temperature part of the engine room is a space of a front side of an engine in which an intake manifold or a turbocharger of the engine is positioned.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a controller controlling an operation of the actuator, wherein the controller controls the operation of the actuator using vehicle speed information.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a controller controlling an operation of the actuator, wherein the controller controls the operation of the actuator using air content information introduced into the engine.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a screen panel installed to partially screen a passage of the air duct by being positioned within the air duct and reduce noise of a predetermined frequency band by securing hardness of the air duct.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the actuator is fixedly installed at an outside of the air duct,
the actuator is coupled with a hinge shaft axially rotated by power of the actuator, and the duct flap is positioned inside the air duct and has a first end coupled with the hinge shaft and a second end rotated to open and close a section of the air duct when the hinge shaft is rotated.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the air duct includes:
an inlet into which the fresh air is introduced; an outlet connected to the air cleaner; and a middle discharge port positioned between the inlet and the outlet to be opened and closed by the duct flap.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein an edge portion of the middle discharge port is provided with a plurality of stopper flanges, and
the stopper flanges contact the duct flap when the middle discharge port is closed by the duct flap to prevent the duct flap from excessively rotating.

9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the air duct includes:
an inlet side duct provided with the inlet and the middle discharge port; and an outlet side duct provided with the outlet while being connected to the inlet side duct.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the inlet includes a first inlet and a second inlet spaced apart from each other,
the first and second inlets are connected to each other by a connection passage, the middle discharge port is formed at a position opposite to the first inlet and is formed at a position opposite to the space of the front side of the engine which is the space of the high temperature part of the engine room, and the outlet side duct is connected to the second inlet to be opposite thereto.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the screen panel is installed to cut off a portion of the connection passage at a position at which the second inlet is connected to the connection passage.

12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the duct flap is operated to open the middle discharge portion only when the vehicle is in an idle state or when a vehicle speed is in a low speed section or a high speed section and close the middle discharge port when the vehicle speed is in a middle section or an acceleration section,
the connection passage is cut off by the duct flap when the duct flap is operated to open the middle discharge port, and when the connection passage is cut off by the duct flap, the fresh air introduced into the first inlet is discharged to the middle discharge port, and at a same time the fresh air introduced into the second inlet is supplied to the air cleaner through the outlet.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jin Kwan
• Park Dang Hee
• Park Yong Beom
• Na Jang Sup
• Cha Seong Dae
• Yang Seng Joo

Classifications

• F02M35/10255

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• Y02T10/88

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• F02M35/10268 Primary

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