Heat shield for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9764697-B1
Application number	US-201615074849-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 18, 2016
Priority date	Mar 18, 2016
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

A heat shield for a motor vehicle includes an elongated planar shield body for separating an exhaust pipe and a fuel tank of the motor vehicle, the shield body extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis between the exhaust pipe and the fuel tank, the shield body having a generally concave surface extending from the axis to first and second vertical walls along first and second edges of the shield body, a forward attachment portion for attaching the shield body to a frame of the motor vehicle longitudinally forward of the fuel tank, a rearward attachment portion for attaching the shield body to the frame of the motor vehicle longitudinally rearward of the fuel tank, and a water escape port in the first vertical wall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat shield for a motor vehicle, comprising:
an elongated planar shield body for separating an exhaust pipe and a fuel tank of the motor vehicle, the shield body extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis between the exhaust pipe and the fuel tank, the shield body having a generally concave surface extending from the axis to first and second vertical walls along first and second edges of the shield body;
a forward attachment portion for attaching the shield body to a frame of the motor vehicle longitudinally forward of the fuel tank;
a rearward attachment portion for attaching the shield body to the frame of the motor vehicle longitudinally rearward of the fuel tank; and
a water escape port in the first vertical wall.

2. The heat shield of claim 1 wherein the water escape port is proximal to the rearward attachment portion.

3. The heat shield of claim 2 wherein the shield body comprises:
a lateral bend;
wherein a forward portion of the shield body extends along an axis that intersects the longitudinal axis at the lateral bend; and
wherein a rearward portion of the shield body extends along the longitudinal axis.

4. The heat shield of claim 3 wherein the shield body further comprises:
a plurality of laterally extending support ribs longitudinally spaced about the axis.

5. A motor vehicle comprising:
a frame,
a fuel tank attached to the frame by at least one tank band;
an exhaust chamber attached to the frame;
an exhaust silencer attached to the frame;
an exhaust pipe extending between the exhaust chamber and the exhaust silencer;
a heat shield located between the exhaust pipe and the fuel tank, the heat shield further comprising:
an elongated planar shield body for separating an exhaust pipe and the fuel tank, the shield body extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis between the exhaust pipe and the fuel tank, the shield body having a generally concave surface extending from the axis to first and second vertical walls along first and second edges of the shield body;
a forward attachment portion for attaching the shield body to the frame longitudinally forward of the fuel tank;
a rearward attachment portion for attaching the shield body to the frame longitudinally rearward of the fuel tank; and
a water escape port in the first vertical wall.

6. The heat shield of claim 5 wherein the water escape port is proximal to the rearward attachment portion.

7. The heat shield of claim 6 wherein the shield body comprises:
a lateral bend;
wherein a forward portion of the shield body extends along an axis that intersects the longitudinal axis at the lateral bend; and
wherein a rearward portion of the shield body extends along the longitudinal axis.

8. The heat shield of claim 7 wherein the shield body further comprises:
a plurality of laterally extending support ribs longitudinally spaced about the axis.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Kazuhiro
• Kitamura Hiroshi
• Koike Akihiko
• Rihtar Jonathan A

Classifications

• B60R13/0876 Primary

  for mounting around heat sources, e.g. exhaust pipes · CPC title

• B60R13/0861

  for covering undersurfaces of vehicles, e.g. wheel houses · CPC title

• B60K2015/03421

  to protect the fuel tank against heat · CPC title

• B60K13/04

  concerning exhaust · CPC title