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Granted Patent B2
US 11,192,445 · App. 16/627,603 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Air intake grille and vehicle

Inventor: Hiroshi Kano (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60K11/06B60K1/04B62D25/20B60K2001/0433
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Patent No.
US 11,192,445
App. No.
16/627,603
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air intake grille through which air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle V is taken in includes a frame body, a plurality of first grille forming portions and second grille forming portions arranged in a lattice shape inside the frame body, and a flow rate adjusting plate disposed inside the frame body so as to be perpendicular to the first grille forming portions and the second grille forming portions. The flow rate adjusting plate has a flow rate adjusting window having an opening area smaller than an opening portion inside the opening portion formed by the first grille forming portion and the second grille forming portion.

Claims (38)

1. An air intake grille through which air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle passes, the air intake grille comprising:

a frame body;

a plurality of first grille forming portions;

a plurality of second grille forming portions; and

a flow rate adjusting plate disposed inside the frame body so as to be perpendicular to the first grille forming portions, wherein

the plurality of first grille forming portions and the plurality of second grille forming portions are arranged in a lattice shape inside the frame body,

the flow rate adjusting plate has a flow rate adjusting window inside an opening portion formed by the first grille forming portions and the second grille forming portions, and

the flow rate adjusting window has an opening area smaller than the opening portion.

2. The air intake grille according to claim 1 , wherein

when a side of the passenger compartment is set as a front surface of the air intake grille, the flow rate adjusting plate is connected to the first grille forming portions and the second grille forming portions on a rear surface side of the air intake grille.

3. The air intake grille according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame body, the plurality of first grille forming portions, the plurality of second grille forming portions, and the flow rate adjusting plate are integrally formed.

4. A vehicle comprising:

an air intake grille through which air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle passes;

an electric device;

a case for accommodating the electric device; and

an intake duct for connecting an intake port provided in the case and the air intake grille, wherein

the air intake grille includes a frame body, a plurality of first grille forming portions a plurality of second grille forming portions, and a flow rate adjusting plate disposed inside the frame body so as to be perpendicular to the first grille forming portions, wherein

the plurality of first grille forming portions and the plurality of second grille forming portions are arranged in a lattice shape inside the frame body,

the flow rate adjusting plate has a flow rate adjusting window inside an opening portion formed by the first grille forming portions and the second grille forming portions,

the flow rate adjusting window has an opening area smaller than the opening portion, and

the air intake grille and the intake port are arranged offset in a vehicle width direction.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

when the air intake grille is divided into two regions at a center in the vehicle width direction,

a sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in a region on an opposite side to the intake port is larger than a sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in a region on the intake port side.

6. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

when the air intake grille is divided into three regions in the vehicle width direction,

a sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in a central region is smaller than a sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in a region on an opposite side to the intake port and is larger than the sum of the opening areas of the flow rate adjusting windows located in the region on the intake port side.

7. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

the air intake grille opens toward a front or rear of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

the passenger compartment is provided with a rear seat behind a kick-up portion formed so as to rise from a front floor panel,

the electric device is disposed below the rear seat, and

the air intake grille is disposed in the kick-up portion.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein

the air intake grille is disposed in the kick-up portion in a center of the rear seat.

10. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

an intake passage of the intake duct is inclined upward from the air intake grille toward the intake port or has a step upward from the air intake grille toward the intake port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2019
From: KANO, HIROSHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-132869 · Jul 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200122568A1 · Apr 23, 2020
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