Patent ID: 8122988
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A vehicular cooling device supporting apparatus, comprising: a radiator support upper disposed in a vehicle lateral direction and having an upper mounting portion for fixing an upper portion of a cooling device; a radiator support lower placed below the radiator support upper so as to extend in the vehicle lateral direction and having a lower mounting portion for fixing a lower portion of the cooling device; and a pair of radiator support sides vertically extended and spaced in the vehicle lateral direction so as to straddle between the radiator support upper and the radiator support lower for unitarily connecting the radiator support upper and the radiator support lower; the vehicular cooling device supporting apparatus having an approximately square-shaped space surrounded by the radiator support upper, the radiator support lower and the pair of radiator support sides for supporting therein the cooling device, wherein the radiator support lower has a pair of connecting areas, connected to the pair of radiator support sides, each having a plurality of support-side connecting portions to be connected to a lower end of the radiator support side at one of plural positions displaced in a vehicle fore and aft direction; the lower mounting portion is disposed (i) to have a first position located forward of the upper mounting portion in the vehicle fore and aft direction when the radiator support lower is connected to the radiator support sides in a frontmost position in the vehicle fore and aft direction, and (ii) to have a second position located rearward of the upper mounting portion in the vehicle fore and aft direction when the radiator support lower is connected to the radiator support sides in a rearmost position in the vehicle fore and aft direction; at least one of the upper mounting portion and the lower mounting portion is a retaining bore having a cylindrical protrusion protruding in a vehicle normal direction, an elastic body having an outer circumferential surface and an annular groove unitarily engaging with the cylindrical protrusion, the cooling device being mounted to the radiator support upper and the radiator support lower via the elastic body; and the cylindrical protrusion having a tapered shape and a diameter decreasing in a direction opposite to the cooling device, thereby allowing the elastic body to swingably displace in the vehicle fore and aft direction as a placement and an inclination of the cooling device change due to a difference in a connecting position between the radiator support lower and the radiator support sides.