Motor vehicle having a rear engine and comprising an improved front compartment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9527533-B2
Application number	US-201314441990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2013
Priority date	Nov 13, 2012
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle that includes a rear compartment, containing a power train of the motor vehicle, and a front compartment including: a first area which is located on the right for a vehicle driven on the right, or located on the left for a vehicle driven on the left, and which receives at least one steering column, a brake servo, and main rigid brake lines; and a second area which is located on one side of the vehicle, opposite the first area, and which receives at least one battery, characterized in that the front compartment includes a third area which is located between the first and second areas and which receives at least one hydraulic brake unit and secondary rigid brake lines.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a rear compartment containing a drivetrain of the motor vehicle; and
a front compartment comprising:
a first zone arranged on the right for a right-hand drive vehicle or arranged on the left for a left-hand drive vehicle, receiving at least one steering column, a braking assistance servomotor and primary rigid brake pipes, and
a second zone arranged on the opposite side of the vehicle to said first zone, receiving at least one battery,

wherein the front compartment comprises a third zone which is arranged between the first and second zones, and which receives at least one braking hydraulic block, and secondary rigid brake pipes.

2. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third zone contains a vehicle steering rack which extends into the first and the second zones so as to be associated, selectively, with the steering column of the vehicle, installed on the left or on the right.

3. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first zone contains a clutch hydraulic circuit and the second zone contains a reservoir for windshield washer fluid.

4. The vehicle as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the steering rack bears an assistance motor arranged on the same side as the steering column of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third zone contains a cooling exchanger, cooling pipes and a container of coolant.

6. The vehicle as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the container of coolant is arranged in an upper central part of the front compartment.

7. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third zone contains:
a fuse and relay box, and
a wiring loom and a grommet for passing through the firewall of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third zone contains elements of the heating and air conditioning system of the vehicle, comprising at least:
first air conditioning pipes, and
second pipes for connecting to an air heat exchanger.

9. The vehicle as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the cooling exchanger and the cooling pipes are arranged in a front part of the front compartment.

10. The vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the wiring loom and the grommet for passing through the firewall of the vehicle are arranged in a central part of the firewall of the vehicle and the fuse and relay box are mounted over them.

11. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic braking block and the rigid secondary brake pipes are arranged in a central part of the front compartment.

12. A pair of motor vehicles, comprising:
a right-hand drive vehicle, including
a rear compartment containing a drivetrain of the right-hand drive vehicle, and
a front compartment comprising:
a first zone arranged on the right of the right-hand drive vehicle, receiving at least one steering column, a braking assistance servomotor, and primary rigid brake pipes,
a second zone arranged on the opposite side of the right-hand drive vehicle to said first zone of the right-hand drive vehicle, receiving at least one battery, and
a third zone arranged between the first and second zones of the right-hand drive vehicle, and which receives at least one braking hydraulic block and secondary rigid brake pipes;

a left-hand drive vehicle, including
a rear compartment containing a drivetrain of the left-hand drive vehicle, and
a front compartment comprising:
a first zone arranged on the left of the left-hand drive vehicle, receiving at least one steering column, a braking assistance servomotor, and primary rigid brake pipes,
a second zone arranged on the opposite side of the left-hand drive vehicle to said first zone of the right-hand drive vehicle, receiving at least one battery, and
a third zone arranged between the first and second zones of the left-hand drive vehicle, and which receives at least one braking hydraulic block and secondary rigid brake pipes.

Assignees

• Renault Sa

Inventors

• Olliver Mathieu

Classifications

• B62D25/088

  Details of structures as upper supports for springs or dampers · CPC title

• B60K2005/006

  the internal combustion or jet propulsion unit is arranged behind the rear axle · CPC title

• B60T17/04

  Arrangements of piping, valves in the piping, e.g. cut-off valves, couplings or air hoses (traction couplings involving joints for supply lines, electric circuits, or the like B60D1/62; couplings peculiar to railway vehicles for, or combined with, couplings or connectors for fluid conduits or electric cables B61G5/06; pipes, cut-off valves, couplings, air hoses per se F16C, F16K, F16L) · CPC title

• B60K2001/0411

  Arrangement in the front part of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60H1/00507

  Details, e.g. mounting arrangements, desaeration devices (B60H1/32 takes precedence) · CPC title