VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE

• Main Author: NAKAMURA ATSUSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.04.2023
• Subjects: LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING

To provide a vehicle front structure which can be easily deformed so that an intake cover is bent in the vertical direction when external force is applied from above.SOLUTION: A vehicle front structure 100 comprises: an intake port 102 which is provided in a dash panel 106 dividing a vehicle front part and a cabin, and allows an air conditioning unit 119 to performs air intake; and an intake cover 104 which is fixed to the dash panel, and forms a passage for guiding ambient air introduced from a cowl part 123 into the intake port. The intake cover includes: an upper wall 124 which is arranged above the intake port and forms an upper side of the passage; and a pair of lateral walls 126, 128 which continuously extend from both ends of the upper wall in a vehicle width direction to the dash panel and form both sides of the passage in a vehicle width direction. The upper wall extends to the vehicle front side of edge parts 172, 190 of the pair of lateral walls on the dash panel, and front edge parts 174, 184 of the pair of lateral walls have inclined parts 176, 186 coming closer to the upper wall as proceeding from the dash panel to the vehicle front side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】上方から外力を受けた場合、吸気カバーが上下方向に撓むように変形し易くすることができる車両前部構造を提供する。【解決手段】本発明にかかる車両前部構造１００は、車両前部と車室とを区画するダッシュパネル１０６に設けられ車室内の空調ユニット１１９による吸気が行われる吸気部１０２と、ダッシュパネルに固定されカウル部１２３から導入された外気を吸気部に案内する流路を形成する吸気カバー１０４とを備え、吸気カバーは、吸気部の上方に配置され流路の上側を区画する上壁１２４と、上壁の車幅方向の両端から連続してダッシュパネルまで延び流路の車幅方向両側を区画する一対の側壁１２６、１２８とを有し、上壁は、一対の側壁のダッシュパネル上の縁１７２、１９０よりも車両前側まで延びて、一対の側壁の前縁１７４、１８４は、ダッシュパネルから車両前側に向かうほど上壁に近づく傾斜部１７６、１８６を有する。【選択図】図２