Air cleaner structure for blocking inflowing of debris and operation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9790900-B2
Application number	US-201514716736-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

An air cleaner structure for blocking an inflow of debris to prevent the debris from inflowing into an engine intake passage of an air cleaner housing when replacing a filter includes a rotator fixing the filter and a filter cover to the air cleaner housing and generating a rotating force to open and close the engine intake passage. An engine intake passage door opens and closes the engine intake passage by the rotating force of the rotator. A connector has one end connected to the rotator and another end connected to the engine intake passage door to deliver the rotating force to the engine intake passage door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operation method of an air cleaner structure for blocking an inflow of debris, the method comprising steps of:
a first locking step of using a locker to fasten a nut with a rod;
a first rotating step of rotating the nut to allow the butterfly plate to close an engine intake passage;
a first disengaging step of disengaging, by the locker, the nut fastened with the rod from the rod;
a withdrawing step of rotating the nut to withdraw the nut from the rod; and
a replacing step of replacing a filter,
wherein a first opening and closing gear which is directly or indirectly connected to the rod, a first connection gear, a flexible cable, a second connection gear, and a second opening and closing gear rotates when rotating force of the nut is delivered to the rod, and
wherein a hinge shaft which is directly or indirectly connected to the second opening and closing gear and the butterfly plate rotates to close the engine intake passage.

2. The operation method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a connecting step of rotating the nut to connect the nut to the rod and fixing the filter and a filter cover to a supporter which is connected to an air cleaner housing;
a second locking step of using the locker to fasten the nut with the rod;
a second rotating step of rotating the nut to allow the butterfly plate to open the engine intake passage; and
a second disengaging step of disengaging, by the locker, the nut fastened with the rod from the rod,
wherein the first opening and closing gear which is directly or indirectly connected to the rod, the first connection gear, the flexible cable, the second connection gear, and the second opening and closing gear rotates when the rotating force of the nut is delivered to the rod, and
wherein the hinge shaft which is directly or indirectly connected to the second opening and closing gear and the butterfly plate rotates to open the engine intake passage.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Moon Byoung-Youp

Classifications

• B01D46/009

  Identification of filter type or position thereof, e.g. by transponders or bar codes · CPC title

• F02M35/02416 Primary

  Fixing, mounting, supporting or arranging filter elements; Filter element cartridges · CPC title

• B01D46/0091

  Including arrangements for environmental or personal protection · CPC title

• B01D46/008

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• F02M35/02483

  Cylindrical, conical, oval, spherical or the like filter elements; wounded filter elements · CPC title