Vehicle Intake Movable Funnel Drive Source Placement
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing intake systems for engines face challenges in simplifying the structure around the link mechanism due to the placement of the motor for driving the rotary arm, which complicates the surrounding area and affects air intake efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle design with a movable funnel system where the drive source is positioned on the opposite side of the link mechanism, allowing for a simplified structure and improved air intake by using a link lever and rotary shaft to move the movable funnel, with the link mechanism and motor placement optimized to reduce space requirements and air flow disturbance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If the motor is disposed on the same side as the rotary arm (link mechanism), then the driving force can be directly transmitted to the rotary arm, but the structure of the surrounding area becomes complicated and space is required around the rotary arm
Solution Approach 1:
The motor is relocated from the same side as the rotary arm to the opposite side, utilizing spatial reconfiguration in a different dimensional arrangement. This allows the drive source to be positioned on the second side of the movable funnel, opposite to the first side where the link mechanism is disposed, thereby simplifying the surrounding area while maintaining effective power transmission through the transmission shaft
2Volume of moving object
If the motor is disposed on the same side as the rotary arm, then the driving mechanism can be compact, but it is difficult to simplify the structure of the surrounding area of the rotary arm
Solution Approach 1:
The motor is repositioned to the opposite side of the movable funnel relative to the link mechanism, utilizing spatial reconfiguration. This dimensional change in positioning allows the drive source to be located on the second side while the link mechanism remains on the first side, simplifying the surrounding area structure without compromising the compactness of the driving mechanism
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a vehicle comprising: an engine (14) having an intake port (17a); a fixed funnel (26) for introducing air to the intake port (17a) of the engine; a movable funnel (27) movably disposed on an air supply side of the fixed funnel (26) and configured to introduce air to the intake port of the engine in conjunction with the fixed funnel (26); a link mechanism movably supporting the movable funnel (27) and being disposed on a first side of the movable funnel (27); and a drive source (46) for driving the link mechanism (41-44) to move the movable funnel (27), wherein said drive source (46) is disposed on a second side of the movable funnel (27), said second side being arranged opposite to the first side of the link mechanism (41-44).