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Title:
VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/088579
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Obtained in the present invention is a vehicle front structure that enables a sufficient amount of cooling air introduced to a cooling unit arranged to the rear of a power unit to be ensured. The invention is provided with the following: a power unit (14) fixed inside a power unit room (16); a cooling unit (18) provided to the rear of the power unit (14); an undercover (20) for rectifying the air flowing underneath a vehicle (12); a cooling air introduction hole (58) provided in the undercover (20) to the rear of the power unit (14) and the front of the cooling unit (18); and a cooling air introduction path for jetting air that has been introduced from a front-side opening end (48) out toward the cooling unit (18) from a rear-side opening end (50) provided above the cooling air introduction hole (58) at a faster flow rate than the flow rate of air flowing underneath the vehicle (12).

Inventors:
TAJIMA MASAO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/079251
Publication Date:
June 20, 2013
Filing Date:
December 16, 2011
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
TAJIMA MASAO (JP)
International Classes:
B60K11/04; B62D25/20
Domestic Patent References:
WO2011151917A12011-12-08
WO2010097890A12010-09-02
Foreign References:
JPH05301528A1993-11-16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NAKAJIMA, Jun et al. (JP)
Nakajima 淳 (JP)
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