Cooling air intake device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9551268-B2
Application number	US-201313851104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2013
Priority date	May 15, 2012
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

A cooling air intake device is mounted to a frame of a vehicle and includes a base plate and an intake box. The intake box is mounted on the base plate that includes a first admission section and a blocking section adjacent to the first admission section. The intake box includes a first intake compartment and a second intake compartment. The first intake compartment corresponds to the first admission section of the base plate. The first intake compartment includes a first baffle plate mounted therein. The first intake compartment has a side wall in which a first discharge section is formed. The second intake compartment is arranged above the first intake compartment in such a way that a second baffle plate is arranged between the first intake compartment and the second intake compartment. The second intake compartment includes a second admission section and a second discharge section.

First claim

We claim:

1. A cooling air intake device of vehicle, the cooling air intake device being mounted to a frame of the vehicle, the cooling air intake device comprising a base plate and an intake box:
the intake box being mounted on the base plate, the base plate comprising a first admission section formed therein, the base plate comprising a blocking section adjacent to the first admission section, the intake box comprising a first intake compartment and a second intake compartment, the first intake compartment corresponding to the first admission section of the base plate, the first intake compartment comprising a first baffle plate mounted therein, the first intake compartment having a side wall in which a first discharge section is formed, the second intake compartment being arranged above the first intake compartment in such a way that a second baffle plate is arranged between the first intake compartment and the second intake compartment, the second intake compartment comprising a second admission section and a second discharge section.

2. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the blocking section of the base plate surrounds the first admission section and the intake box is thus surrounded by the blocking section.

3. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first discharge section is connected via a generator cooling air ingress conduit to a generator, the second discharge section being connected via a transmission cooling air ingress conduit to a transmission.

4. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first baffle plate is arranged in a downward inclined fashion and the first baffle plate forms a spacing distance from an inside wall of the intake box so that the spacing distance defines a channel.

5. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first admission section comprising a plurality of horizontally-extending openings that is distributed in a vertical direction in a mutually-spaced manner.

6. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second baffle plate comprises a drain opening, the drain opening being formed with a curved notch.

7. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first intake compartment has a bottom that is arranged in an inclined manner.

8. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling air intake device is mounted to the same side of the frame as a generator.

9. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the cooling air intake device, when viewed from a rear side of the vehicle toward a head side, completely shields the generator.

10. The cooling air intake device of vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate comprises an intake box mounting section, which has a circumferential flange in which a plurality of mounting holes is formed, the intake box comprising a plurality of securing lugs formed along outer edges facing the base plate in such a way that the securing lugs correspond and oppose the mounting holes of the base plate, whereby the intake box is fixable to the intake box mounting section of the base plate, the blocking section of the base plate comprising a plurality of mounting lugs and mounting holes formed thereon so that the base plate is mountable to the frame by the mounting lugs and the mounting holes of the blocking section.

Assignees

• Kwang Yang Motor Co

Inventors

• Wang jun-kai
• Su Wen-Ming
• Chang Chi-Han

Classifications

• F01P2001/005

  Cooling engine rooms · CPC title

• F01P1/08 Primary

  for cooling intake or exhaust valves · CPC title

• B60K11/06 Primary

  with air cooling · CPC title