Air supplying system for motor vehicles, and motor vehicle, in particular a truck, comprising such air supplying system
An air supplying system for a motor vehicle, comprising an upper air guide and a first lower air guide which are adapted to be installed onboard the motor vehicle and provide flows of cooling air. The upper air guide and the first lower air guide comprise a first portion and a second portion, respectively, which are arranged facing each other with a first air gap defined there between; and at least a first device which is positioned between the first portion of the upper air guide and the second portion of the first air guide and is configured to substantially close the first air gap. The first device includes a deformable portion which is arranged to allow the first device to deform upon a relative movement between the upper air guide and the first lower air guide while keeping the first air gap substantially closed.
1 . An air supplying system for a motor vehicle comprising:
a radiator;
an upper air guide and at least a first lower air guide which are adapted to be installed onboard the motor vehicle and provide flows of cooling air toward the radiator, wherein the upper air guide and the first lower air guide comprise a first portion and a second portion, respectively, which are arranged facing each other with a first air gap defined there between; and
at least a first device which is positioned, at least in part, between and mechanically coupled to the first portion of the upper air guide and the second portion of the first lower air guide and is configured to substantially enclose the first air gap, the first device positioned along a side of the radiator, wherein the first device includes at least one deformable portion which is arranged to allow the first device to deform upon a relative movement between the upper air guide and the first lower air guide while keeping the first air gap substantially enclosed.
2 . The air supplying system of claim 1 , wherein the first device is configured to enclose the first air gap in a substantially airtight manner.
3 . The air supplying system of claim 1 , wherein the upper air guide and the first lower air guide are adapted to be installed onboard the motor vehicle with the first portion and the second portion substantially aligned to each other in a virtual vertical plan, and wherein the at least one deformable portion is arranged to allow the first device to deform displacing along a substantially vertical axis lying on or parallel to the virtual vertical plan.
4 . The air supplying system of claim 1 , wherein the first device is mechanically connected to at least one of the upper air guide and the first lower air guide.
5 . The air supplying system of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises or is constituted by at least a first bellow forming or incorporating in its body the at least one deformable portion.
6 . The air supplying system of claim 5 , wherein the at least a first bellow comprises a base portion adapted to be connected to the second portion of the first lower air guide, an upper portion suitable to be operatively coupled to an associated surface of the first portion of the upper air guide, and an intermediate portion which extends between the base portion and the upper portion and is suitable to be positioned at and close the first air gap.
7 . The air supplying system of claim 6 , wherein the upper portion comprises an inclined top surface.
8 . The air supplying system of claim 5 , wherein the at least a first bellow comprises corrugated side walls.
9 . The air supplying system of claim 5 , wherein the at least a first bellow is made of rubber.
10 . The air supplying system of claim 5 , wherein the air supplying system further comprises a mounting base which is arranged to be connected at a base portion of the first bellow and to be releasably fastened to the second portion of the first lower air guide.
11 . The air supplying system of claim 10 , wherein the mounting base comprises a central opening suitable for allowing flows of air moving into and out from the inside of the first bellow.
12 . The air supplying system of claim 10 , wherein the mounting base is made of plastic.
13 . The air supplying system of claim 1 , wherein the upper air guide comprises a further side portion and the air supplying system further comprises a second lower air guide having an own portion, the upper air guide and the second lower air guide being mutually arranged with the further side portion and the own portion facing to each other with a second air gap defined there between, and wherein the air supplying system further comprises a second device which is positioned, at least in part, between the further portion of the upper air guide and the own portion of the second lower air guide and is configured to substantially close the first second gap, the second device including at least one deformable portion which is arranged to allow the second device deforming, upon a relative movement between the upper air guide and the second lower air guide, while keeping the second air gap substantially closed.
14 . A motor vehicle comprising the air guide system of claim 1 .
15 . A truck comprising the air guide system of claim 1 .