Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/043—Attachment of the wiper assembly to the vehicle
  • B60S1/0433—Attachement of a wiper modular assembly to the vehicle
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
  • B62D25/00—Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
  • B62D25/08—Front or rear portions
  • B62D25/081—Cowls

Definitions

• the invention relates to an arrangement for the structure of a front part of the body of a motor vehicle.
• the invention relates more particularly to an arrangement for the structure of a front part of the body of a motor vehicle which comprises, from front to rear, an engine compartment which is closed by a hood, which is separated from the passenger compartment of the vehicle by a substantially transverse apron, an upper part of which comprises, from front to rear, a transverse awning gutter, and a lower bay cross-member, of the type in which the transverse awning gutter, in longitudinal section has substantially the U-shaped, the front branch of which is flush with the hood of the vehicle and the rear branch of which, which is intended to receive equipment, in particular a vehicle wiper mechanism, joins the lower bay cross member on which the windshield.
• I t is for the most part arrangements comprising a transverse awning gutter having in longitudinal section the shape of a U of which a rear branch is welded to the point on an apron of the vehicle during the assembly of the body of the vehicle.
• the transverse ends of the transverse awning gutter are also welded to the inner lateral cheeks of the front fenders of the vehicle.
• the document EP-B 1 -0.331 .644 describes and represents such a transverse awning gutter, which is closed by a removable cover comprising ventilation slots and a hole for the passage of a wiper drive shaft. -ice cream. Such an arrangement makes it easier to mount the wiper drive shaft which, unlike conventional arrangements, does not require passing through a fixed wall forming a cover for the awning gutter of the vehicle.
• a fixed awning gutter welded to the vehicle body has the drawback of requiring long and costly desoldering and reweld operations in the event of replacement, as is the case when the vehicle has suffered an accident and the awning gutter was deformed by the impact.
• the invention provides an awning gutter which is capable of receiving its equipment before it is mounted on the vehicle, and which can be dismantled for the purpose of repairing the vehicle body.
• the invention provides an arrangement of the type described above, characterized in that the transverse awning gutter is fixed at least on the lower bay cross member and is removable.
• the transverse gutter has, at each of its transverse ends, lateral cheeks for its detachable attachment to lateral cheeks of longitudinal orientation of the deck, - the transverse gutter has holes on the rear branch of the U and on the side cheeks for fixing by screwing the transverse gutter respectively on the lower bay cross member and on the deck, - the rear branch of the U gutter has at minus one anchor tab and holes to allow respectively the fixing of a wiper mechanism and the passage of wiper drive shafts, the transverse gutter has anchor points for a tank windshield washer fluid and windshield washer nozzles in the vehicle, during assembly, the transverse gutter is previously equipped with the wiper mechanism, and / or the reservoir, and / or windshield washer nozzles, before being fixed at least on the lower bay cross member,
• the front branch of the U-shaped gutter has at its upper end at least one seal forming a seal with the hood of the vehicle.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a transverse gutter according to the invention shown seen from the side of its rear branch,
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same transverse gutter according to the invention, shown seen from the side of its front branch, and
• FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the transverse gutter according to the invention.
• identical reference numerals designate identical parts or having similar functions.
• FIG. 1 to 3 There is shown in Figures 1 to 3 an arrangement 10 for the structure of a front part of the body of a motor vehicle.
• the body of the motor vehicle comprises, from front to rear, an engine compartment 12 which is closed by a cover 14 and which is separated from the passenger compartment 16 of the vehicle by an apron 18 of the vehicle, an upper part of which comprises, from front to rear, a transverse awning gutter 20 and a lower cross member 22 of a bay.
• the lower bay cross member 22 is intended to support a lower part 24 of a windshield 26.
• the transverse awning gutter 20 has substantially in longitudinal section the shape of a U, a front branch 28 of which is flush with the hood.
• An upper end 27 of the front branch 28 carries a seal 29 which is capable, when the cover 14 is closed, of sealing the engine compartment 12 relative to the awning gutter 20. Furthermore, the rear branch 30 of the awning gutter is intended to receive a windscreen wiper mechanism 32.
• the transverse awning gutter 20 is fixed at least on the lower cross member 22 of the opening and is removable.
• Figure 3 there is shown an axis A for fixing, for example by screwing, the transverse gutter 20 of awning on the lower cross member 22 of the opening.
• the rear branch 30 of the canopy gutter 20 has holes 34 distributed over its entire width which allow the fixing of the gutter 20 on the lower cross member 22 of the bay.
• the transverse canopy gutter 20 is closed at each of its ends 36 by a lateral cheek 38.
• the cheek 38 is in contact of a body structure element of the vehicle, in particular a longitudinal cheek (not shown) of the apron 1 8.
• the cheek 38 allows in particular the flow of water resulting from the condensation of air humidity or rain towards a bottom 40 of the gutter 20 which is pierced with at least one orifice 43 for the evacuation of this water under the vehicle.
• the lateral cheek 38 advantageously comprises at least one bore 42 which allows an additional fixing of the transverse gutter 20 of awning on the longitudinal cheek (not shown) of the apron 18 of the vehicle.
• the rear branch 30 of the gutter 20 in a U has at least one lug 44 and holes 46 allowing respectively the fixing of the wiper mechanism 32 and the passage of shafts 48 for driving wiper.
• the rear branch 30 of the vehicle advantageously includes anchoring points, in particular holes 50 and 52 which allow respectively the mounting of a reservoir (not shown) of the vehicle glass and of sprinklers (not shown) of the vehicle glass.
• the anchoring points 50 and 52 may in particular be bores intended to receive respectively screws for fixing the ice reservoir and nestable nozzles.
• the arrangement 1 0 according to the invention therefore makes it possible to considerably simplify the operations of assembling a vehicle on the production line by proposing an awning gutter 20 which can be mounted previously equipped with the wiper mechanism 32 , the windshield washer reservoir and sprinklers while effectively contributing to the rigidity of the vehicle body.

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