Title:
WHEELHOUSE REAR STRUCTURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/156525
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In a vehicle (10) to which a wheelhouse rear structure (S1) is applied, a curved part (44) of a top wall (40) of a guide part (30) bulges at a forward incline to the bottom side of the vehicle and connects with a discharge part (34) in side view. An air flow (F1) flowing through a flow channel (36) flows along the top wall (40) due to the Coandă effect, and the air flow (F1) flowing along the curved part (44) therefore has a large flow component moving rearward in the vehicle. Therefore, the direction of the air flow (F1) discharged from the discharge part (34) substantially coincides with the direction of an air flow (F2) flowing underneath the floor of the vehicle (10). The air flow (F1) and the air flow (F2) can thereby be smoothly merged in a state in which the decrease in the speed of the air flow (F1) discharged from the discharge part (34) has been suppressed.
Inventors:
KISHIMA FUMIHIKO (JP)
KOIZUMI KAZUYA (JP)
KOIZUMI KAZUYA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/055683
Publication Date:
October 02, 2014
Filing Date:
March 05, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B62D25/08; B62D35/02
Foreign References:
| JP2013023199A | 2013-02-04 | |||
| JP2003054451A | 2003-02-26 | |||
| JP2008503232A | 2008-02-07 | |||
| JPS5594864A | 1980-07-18 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2979959A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NAKAJIMA, Jun et al. (JP)
Nakajima 淳 (JP)
Nakajima 淳 (JP)
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