REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR ENGINE HOOD OF MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20160031395A1
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gizmo Plastics Tech. Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gizmo Plastics Tech. Inc.
• Inventors: HUANG, Chun-Lung
• Application Number:
  US14/448,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20160031395A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/08 Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor radiator or grille guards B60R19/52
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 13/02 concerning intake
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/12 Parts or details thereof locks E05B, E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; springs, e.g. pneumatic springs F16F
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/0226 by gravity or by mass inertia, e.g. labyrinths, deflectors
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/10013 Means upstream of the air filter; Connection to the ambient air
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/161 Arrangement of the air intake system in the engine compartment, e.g. with respect to the bonnet or the vehicle front face

Abstract

A reinforcement structure includes an air inlet chamber, an air outlet chamber and at least one air outlet channel. The air outlet channel is formed by an outer cover plate, an inner cover plate, and two side plates respectively connected to the outer cover plate and the inner cover plate. A plurality of ribs are inwardly extended at inner sides of the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, and an arched guiding angle is formed between any two adjacent ribs. A reinforcement plate is extended from the outer cover plate to form an included angle with the outer cover plate. A connecting plate is disposed at an end of the reinforcement plate and is parallel with the outer cover plate. A distance between the connecting plate and the outer cover plate is smaller than that between the connecting plate and the inner cover plate.

Claims

1. A reinforcement structure for an engine hood of a motor vehicle comprising an air inlet chamber, an air outlet chamber, and at least one air outlet channel disposed between the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber;

the air outlet channel formed by an outer cover plate, an inner cover plate and two side plates respectively connected to respective lateral sides of the outer cover plate and the inner cover plate, wherein

a plurality of ribs are inwardly extended at an inner side of a surface of either the air inlet chamber or the air outlet chamber, the ribs are vertically and horizontally staggered in a polygonal arrangement at the inner side of the surface of either the air inlet chamber or the air outlet chamber, and an arched guiding angle is formed between any two adjacent ribs.

2. The reinforcement structure according to claim 1, wherein the ribs are disposed at the inner side of the surface of either the air inlet chamber or the air outlet chamber having a surface greater area.

3. A reinforcement structure for an engine hood of a motor vehicle comprising an air inlet chamber, an air outlet chamber, and at least one air outlet channel disposed between the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber;

the air outlet channel formed by an outer cover plate, an inner cover plate and two side plates respectively connected to respective lateral sides of the outer cover plate and the inner cover plate, the reinforcement structure wherein

a plurality of ribs are inwardly extended at inner sides of surfaces of the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, the ribs are vertically and horizontally staggered in a polygonal arrangement at the inner sides of the surfaces of the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, and an arched guiding angle is formed between any two adjacent ribs;

at least one reinforcement plate is extended from above the outer cover plate towards the inner cover plate, an included angle is formed between the reinforcement plate and the outer cover plate, a connecting plate is disposed at an end of the reinforcement plate and is parallel with the outer cover plate, and a distance between the connecting plate and the outer cover plate is smaller than a distance between the connecting plate and the inner cover plate.

4. The reinforcement structure according to claim 3, wherein two ends of the connecting plates are respectively connected to the side plates.

5. The reinforcement structure according to claim 3, wherein a strengthening plate is further disposed between the connecting plate and the inner cover plate, and two ends of the strengthening plate are respectively connected to the connecting plate and the inner cover plate.

6. The reinforcement structure according to claim 3, wherein the reinforcement plate is perpendicular to the outer cover plate, and the included angle between the reinforcement plate and the outer cover plate is 90°

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7. The reinforcement structure according to claim 3, wherein the included angle between the reinforcement plate and the outer cover plate is smaller than 90°

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