Underfloor Intake Conduit Layout for Narrower Utility Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Utility vehicles face challenges in compacting intake conduits in the left-right direction, leading to larger vehicle sizes and inefficiencies in space utilization.
Innovation Solution
The vehicle design incorporates a bonnet space with conduits extending rearward below the vehicle body floor, featuring first and second conduits with distinct front and rear portions arranged vertically, allowing for compact placement and integration of conduit rear portions below the floor, reducing overall size and enhancing assembly efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the first conduit and the second conduit are laterally aligned and extend from the front portion to the rear portion of the vehicle body, then the intake assembly can be simply configured, but the intake assembly becomes large in size in the vehicle left-right direction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions the conduit arrangement from a lateral (left-right) configuration to a vertical configuration below the vehicle body floor. The first and second conduits extend rearward beneath the floor with their rear portions arranged vertically, one above the other, thereby reducing the intake assembly's width while maintaining functional simplicity.
2Area of stationary object
If the first conduit rear portion and the second conduit rear portion are arranged in the vehicle vertical direction below the vehicle body floor, then the space required can be made compact in the vehicle left-right direction, but the conduit routing becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The conduits are divided into distinct segments: front portions that extend rearward below the vehicle body floor, and rear portions that are vertically arranged. This segmentation allows each portion to be optimized independently - the front portions for compact routing and the rear portions for vertical stacking - thereby reducing overall space requirements while managing complexity through modular design.
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AI summary
A vehicle includes a vehicle body floor, a bonnet space located on the front side in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the vehicle body floor, a first conduit extending from the bonnet space toward the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction below the vehicle body floor, the first conduit including a first conduit front portion and a first conduit rear portion located on the rear side with respect the first conduit front portion, and a second conduit extending from the bonnet space toward the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction below the vehicle body floor, the second conduit including a second conduit front portion and a second conduit rear portion located on the rear side with respect the second conduit front portion. The first conduit rear portion and the second conduit rear portion are arranged in a vehicle vertical direction below the vehicle body floor.