Windshield device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9283830-B2
Application number	US-201314047141-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2013
Priority date	Dec 12, 2012
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle body cover formed by a front cowling covering, from a front direction, a front-head part of a vehicle body, meter panels, and a front panel, which are mutually coupled, covers the front part of the vehicle body. A windscreen capable of being vertically moved by a varying mechanism is disposed at a position above the front cowling. A traveling air taken in at a front part of the vehicle body cover via an air introduction part is exhausted from air-exhaust parts at proper places on the meter panel or the front panel, and an overlap area between the windscreen and the air introduction part in front elevational view of the vehicle changes in accordance with an aspect of the windscreen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A windshield device for a vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body cover formed by a front cowling covering, from a front direction, a front-head part of a vehicle body, meter panels positioned at a rear of the front cowling, and a front panel positioned behind and below the meter panels, such that the front cowling, meter panels, and front panel are mutually coupled, said vehicle body cover covering the front-head part of the vehicle body to form a uniform external appearance of the front part of the vehicle body; and
a windscreen disposed at a position above the front cowling and capable of being vertically moved by a varying mechanism between a lower end position and a rising end position, wherein:
a traveling air taken in at a front part of said vehicle body cover via an air introduction part is exhausted from air-exhaust parts at proper places on the meter panels or the front panel;
an overlap area between said windscreen and the air introduction part in front elevational view of the vehicle changes in accordance with an aspect of said windscreens;
a screen backside ventilation passage is provided at a backside of said windscreen, and the air introduction part is positioned at a front surface of the meter panels and is communicated with an intermediate portion of the screen backside ventilation passage, and
a cross-sectional area of the screen backside ventilation passage is reduced as said windscreen moves upward.

2. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein:
the varying mechanism can change the aspect of said windscreen including at least a position, an angle and a shape; and
said windscreen covers a larger area of the air introduction part at the lower end position, compared to a case in which said windscreen is positioned at the rising end position, in front elevational view of the vehicle.

3. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein:
said windscreen covers, at the lower end position an entire area of the air introduction part in front elevational view of the vehicle.

4. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein:
said windscreen comprises an approximately transparent screen main body and a non-transparent cover covering a lower part of the screen main body, wherein
the non-transparent cover covers an approximately entire area of the air introduction part at the lower end position of said windscreen, in front elevational view of the vehicle.

5. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein:
the screen backside ventilation passage is formed rearward and upward from a lower part of said windscreen along the front surface of the meter panels, in a space between a rear surface of said windscreen and the meter panels.

6. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein:
said windscreen comprises a projecting piece capable of blocking the screen backside ventilation passage or reducing the cross-sectional area of the screen backside ventilation passage, at a position above the air introduction part.

7. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein:
the projecting piece is provided at a rear surface of a cover of said windscreen.

8. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein:
the meter panels comprises a projecting piece capable of blocking the screen backside ventilation passage or reducing the cross-sectional area of the screen backside ventilation passage, at a position above the air introduction part.

9. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein: the projecting piece is formed of a flexible member.

10. The windshield device for the vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein: the projecting piece is formed of a flexible member.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Akihiko
• Shimizu Yuki

Classifications

• B62J17/04 Primary

  Windscreens · CPC title

• B60J1/04 Primary

  adjustable · CPC title

• B62D25/081

  Cowls (ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28) · CPC title

• B62K2202/00

  Motorised scooters · CPC title