CN1220219A - Automotive body structure - Google Patents
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The purpose of the invention provides additionally a crushable zone to a car of such a structure that the engine is located under or behind the front seat, such as a one-box car. For said purpose, in a front of a rear frame part 8 of a main frame 3, a bead part 8a is furnished where the side of the rear frame part 8 is recessed toward the inside of a car body. Behind the bead part 8a, a cross-member is fixed to the main frame 3, and a rear of an engine part 12 is attached to the rear frame part 8 with a rear engine mount 15 interposed. The front of the engine part 12 is attached to a front frame part 6 through a front engine mount 16.
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The present invention relates to a kind of like that, the body structure of the small four-wheel automobile of crumple zone is arranged in operator's compartment the place ahead such as single railway carriage or compartment car or automobile carrier.
In the past, be provided with crumple zone in the front portion of automobile, when automobile is subjected to external force collision, can be by means of the local deformation of vehicle body, with buffering passenger's impact load.
Figure 12 represents an automobile 51, and its driving engine 52 has formed crumple zone 55 in the front of operator's compartment 53 by structure members such as bumper/spoiler 51a, driving engine 52 and engine rooms 54.When such automobile 51 is subjected to from bump that the place ahead applies, because the crumple zone that engine room 54 and so on is arranged as buffer component, not only can absorb kinetic energy by means of their plastic deformation, but also can prevent the distortion of operator's compartment 53.
Figure 13 represents single railway carriage or compartment car 56, and driving engine 57 wherein is arranged on the bottom of the front seat 59 of operator's compartment 58, and it forms crumple zone 60 with the structure member of the front bumper 56a that is arranged on body forward structure and vehicle.
Like this, driving engine is placed on single railway carriage or compartment car of front seat bottom, distance between from the front bumper to the operator's compartment is very short, the length of crumple zone just can not be done very greatly, and, do not comprise in the crumple zone that resembling driving engine is arranged on engine room the operator's compartment fwd automobile, so the absorbent kinetic energy that produces owing to bump is seldom yet.
And unabsorbed kinetic energy will be compensated by the distortion of operator's compartment.
The present invention is exactly because the above fact, purpose provides a kind of body structure of automobile, this body structure is used in driving engine and is arranged on the front seat bottom, when perhaps being arranged in its single railway carriage or compartment car at rear portion, its crumple zone can absorb a large amount of kinetic energy, and, can also control the position that absorbs this kinetic energy.
In order to achieve the above object, the invention provides the automobile that a kind of driving engine is arranged on the front seat bottom or is arranged on the rear portion, compartment, be provided with the anterior crumple zone that absorbs kinetic energy by means of the plastic deformation of body forward structure in its body construction, it is characterized in that, outside above-mentioned anterior crumple zone, on any part after the front seat of vehicle body, be provided with central crumple zone, and make this central authorities' crumple zone compare the easier generation plastic deformation in position at its place ahead or rear.
Below, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the whole diagrammatic side view according to the main car frame of the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the diagrammatic side view of main car frame front portion among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the whole schematic plan view according to the main car frame of the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention and crossbeam;
Fig. 4 is along the enlarged drawing of the section of X-X direction among Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 be the main car frame front portion among Fig. 1 amplification block diagram;
Fig. 6 is the diagrammatic side view according to the connecting bridge of the front vehicle frame partial sum central authorities vehicle frame part of the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 7 be according to the installing condition of the main car frame partial sum engine section of the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention diagrammatic side view;
Fig. 8 is the block diagram according to the connecting bridge of the front body floor of the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention and back body platform;
Fig. 9 be according to the coupled condition of the main car frame of the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention and back body platform schematic isometric;
Figure 10 is the diagrammatic side view according to the part of the front standing pillar of the automobile of the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention;
Figure 11 is vehicle body deceleration degree and the time relation diagram of curves of employing according to the automobile of the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention;
Figure 12 represents that in the past driving engine is placed on the lateral plan of the crumple zone of operator's compartment fwd automobile;
Figure 13 represents that in the past driving engine is placed on the lateral plan of the crumple zone of the automobile below the front seat of operator's compartment.
Fig. 1 has represented to adopt the automobile 1 of automotive body structure of the present invention.In the bottom of the vehicle body 2 of automobile 1, be provided with the left and right sides girder 3 that the fore-and-aft direction of a subtend vehicle body extends.The bottom of crossing front seat 4 from the front end of vehicle body is arranged on the girder 3, and the along continuous straight runs front-axle beam part 6 of extending roughly has than front-axle beam part 6 at its rear portion to exceed one section, also is the back rest part 8 that always extends to trailing wheel 5 back of vehicle body along horizontal direction.In addition, between front-axle beam part 6 and back rest part 8, be provided with low early and high after bevelled central beam part 7.
As shown in Figure 3, the spacing of left and right sides girder 3 roughly is parallel on front-axle beam part 6 and back rest part 8, and the spacing between central beam part 7 then is designed to enlarge to the rear of vehicle body.
As shown in Figure 2, the cross dimensions d of the bevelled central beam part 7 in the girder 3, bigger than the cross dimensions e and the f of front-axle beam part 6 and back rest part 8, make central beam part 7 have bigger rigidity.In addition, as shown in Figure 3, on the front end of the rear end of the front-axle beam part 6 that the transverse pitch of girder 3 changes and back rest part 8, captive joint to the crossbeam 9,10 of vehicle body horizontal expansion.
Fig. 4 is the cross sectional drawing of front-axle beam part 6.As shown in Figure 4, front-axle beam part 6 is by U-shaped beam 6a, is fixed on the beam lid 6b on two side flanges of above-mentioned U-shaped beam and is fixed on U-shaped beam inside, forms along the strength beam 11 that the fore-and-aft direction of vehicle body extends.
As shown in Figure 5, the front end of front-axle beam part 6 closes opening with beam lid 6c, and the flange portion 6d that beam covers is fixed on the inwall of U-shaped beam 6a.The width of flange portion 6d is at the position broad of needs welding, and other parts are narrower.
As shown in Figure 6, the rearward end of front-axle beam part 6 is connected with central beam part 7, and it is different with the rear end part of the front-axle beam part of usual vehicle, and being provided with and inserting central beam part 7 in-to-in length is the prolongation 6e of L, to strengthen bound fraction.
As shown in Figure 7, the front end of back rest part 8 is provided with crimping (bead) 8a that its lateral parts protrudes to interior of body.Be fixed on the rear portion of this crimping 8a across the crossbeam 14 of left and right sides girder 3, the rear portion of engine parts 12 is installed on the back rest part 8 by rear engine bearing 15.The front portion of engine parts 1 then by front engine bearing 16, is installed on the front-axle beam part 6.In addition, the mounting means of above-mentioned each bearing is, front engine bearing 16 mainly bears the load of above-below direction, and then the load of fore-and-aft direction is mainly born in the top and the bottom of support of engine 15.
Fig. 8 represents that anterior floor 17 and floor, rear portion 18 are arranged in the state on the girder 3.Anterior floor 17 is arranged in a side of front-axle beam part 6 above the central beam part 7 of girder 3.Floor, rear portion 18 has formed the facade 18a that erects upward at its leading section, and roughly from the rear end of central beam part 7, rearward extends in the horizontal direction along back rest part 8.With the junction of the facade 18a that upwards erects on the position on the surperficial corresponding anterior floor 17 of central beam part 7 and floor, rear portion 18, fixed stiffening plate 19 with the method for welding.In addition, label 20 is arranged on the opening that is used to overhaul engine parts 12 grades of front seat 4 bottoms.
As shown in Figure 9, on the enlarged 8b that the width of the flange portion that is arranged on back rest part 8 tops has enlarged, above being welded on floor, some electrode holder rear portion 18 alternately, to strengthen being connected of back rest part 8 and floor, rear portion 18.
As shown in figure 10, in the front side of each front standing pillar 2a of vehicle body 2, be provided with for preventing the brace panel 22 of bearing circle 21 distortion, so the distortion of operator's compartment has just reduced.
Below, the effect according to the automotive body structure of embodiments of the invention is described.
The present invention is provided with the central crumple zone that absorbs kinetic energy by means of plastic deformation in the back of vehicle body front seat.This crumple zone can consider that various shape is arranged, and the shape of present embodiment is provided with crimping 8a as shown in Figure 7 on the back rest part 8 of girder 3, because this crimping 8a has been arranged, when bump took place, this part just was easy to take place plastic deformation.In addition, because above-mentioned bead portion 8a is easy to produce plastic deformation,, still can keep linear state so just front-axle beam part 6 and back rest part 8 are bent.
On the other hand, in order to stop crimping 8a part in addition to deform, be skewed seeing from the side, the section of the central beam part 7 that enlarges backward from the plane strengthens, when increasing its rigidity, also be provided with crossbeam 9,10 (referring to Fig. 3) from the point of inflection on plane at girder 3.In addition, also be provided with the prolongation 6e of front-axle beam part 6 in the front-axle beam part 6 and the junction of central beam part 7, to increase both Joint strenghts.Therefore, just can be controlled at bead portion 8a and go up generation plastic deformation.
In addition, in the frame mode of present embodiment, owing to be provided with the mounting portion of engine parts 12 at the rear portion of crimping 8a, so above external force is applied to, during vehicle body deceleration, the weight of engine parts 12 just is easy to transfer on the crimping 8a, makes the easier generation plastic deformation of this part.
So when vehicle body was subjected to the external impacts next from the place ahead, except the plastic deformation of anterior crumple zone part of the prior art, the position that is provided with crimping 8a had also produced plastic deformation, thereby can absorb the kinetic energy that produces owing to external force fully.
On the other hand, the distortion of the operator's compartment that causes owing to the distortion of girder 3 has also no longer taken place owing to be provided with strength beam 11 on front-axle beam part 6.And forwardly the connecting bridge on floor 17 and floor, rear portion 18 is provided with stiffening plate 19, is provided with enlarged 8b on back rest part 8, and strengthened and floor, rear portion 18 between welding, more suppressed the distortion in compartment.In the front portion of operator's compartment, owing on front-axle beam part 6, increased panting beam 11, thus suppressed distortion.
Described the variation that automobile 1 according to the scheme of present embodiment has applied deceleration/decel when impacting external force forwardly among Figure 11, among the figure, ordinate is represented the deceleration/decel of vehicle body, and abscissa is represented the time.In diagram of curves, shown in solid line c, adopt the organization plan of present embodiment to absorb exterior kinetic energy with deceleration/decel slowly.
More than, be illustrated at the technical scheme of embodiments of the invention, undoubtedly, the present invention is only limited to such embodiment, can make various modification on the basis of the present invention's design.
For example, in the scheme of the foregoing description, in central crumple zone, be provided with crimping 8a, it is than the easier generation plastic deformation in the position, front and back of girder, but, make its method that plastic deformation takes place also can be the thickness of slab of the girder at this position a little attenuate some and so on additive method.
In addition, on the central beam part 7 of girder 3, be designed to this structure of part of bevelled and horizontal expansion, also can only adopt a kind of structure wherein, perhaps adopt crossbeam or increase central beam section partly and improve this a part of rigidity.
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, because outside the fore crumple zone, also be provided with the central crumple zone that absorbs kinetic energy with plastic deformation in the back of the front seat of vehicle body, so when automobile is subjected to impulsive force that the outside applies, can absorb the kinetic energy that produces by external impact force by means of the distortion of central crumple zone.
The installing component of the support of engine that engine parts are installed is set on a pair of girder that extends along the vehicle body fore-and-aft direction, by means of the rear portion that this installing component is arranged on above-mentioned central crumple zone, just can make central crumple zone produce distortion at an easy rate.
In addition, forwardly between crumple zone and the central crumple zone, be provided with the horizontal expansion part that makes that the spacing of above-mentioned a pair of girder rearward enlarges, when the rigidity of this horizontal expansion part increases, by means of the crossbeam that this lateral part of reinforcement is set, can further make the distortion of central crumple zone be more prone to take place.
Have again, forwardly between crumple zone and the central crumple zone, be provided with the sloping portion that above-mentioned girder is rearward raise,, can make central crumple zone be more prone to produce distortion by means of increasing and the corresponding girder of this sloping portion rigidity partly.
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1. the body structure of an automobile, the driving engine of this automobile is arranged on the front seat bottom or is arranged on the rear portion, compartment, be provided with the anterior crumple zone that absorbs kinetic energy by means of the plastic deformation of body forward structure in its body construction, it is characterized in that, outside above-mentioned anterior crumple zone, on any part after the front seat of vehicle body, be provided with central crumple zone, and make this central authorities' crumple zone compare the easier generation plastic deformation in position at its place ahead or rear.
2. automotive body structure as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, on a pair of girder that extends along the vehicle body fore-and-aft direction, when above-mentioned central crumple zone is set, also be provided with the mounting portion of the support of engine of using for the installation driving engine, this mounting portion is arranged on the rear portion of central crumple zone.
3. automotive body structure as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, between above-mentioned anterior crumple zone and central crumple zone, be provided with the horizontal expansion part that the spacing that makes above-mentioned a pair of girder enlarges to the vehicle body rear, make increase with the rigidity at the corresponding girder of this horizontal expansion part position in, also on girder, be provided with the crossbeam of this horizontal expansion part of reinforcement.
4. automotive body structure as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, between above-mentioned anterior crumple zone and central crumple zone, be provided with the sloping portion that above-mentioned girder is raise to the vehicle body rear, with the rigidity of raising with the corresponding girder of this sloping portion position.
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