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US 10,023,241 B2Granted
Air flow adjusting structure for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkira Umemoto
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Abstract
An air flow adjusting structure for a vehicle includes: a fender liner provided above a tire in a vehicle vertical direction, the fender liner including an arch such that an air flow passage is formed between the arch and the tire; and an adjusting rib projecting from the arch in a vehicle-downward direction, the adjusting rib being inclined relative to a vehicle-width direction, and extending in a direction that intersects with a vehicle-longitudinal direction.
Claims10
An air flow adjusting structure for a vehicle comprising:
- a fender liner provided above a tire in a vehicle vertical direction, the fender liner including an arch such that an air flow passage is formed between the arch and the tire;
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- an adjusting rib projecting from the arch in a vehicle-downward direction, the adjusting rib extending between a front end of the adjusting rib and a rear end of the adjusting rib in an extending direction which is inclined relative to both a vehicle-width direction and a vehicle-longitudinal direction,
- wherein one of the front end of the adjusting rib and the rear end of the adjusting rib is disposed further forward in the vehicle-longitudinal direction than the other of the front end of the adjusting rib and the rear end of the adjusting rib,
- wherein the arch includes a groove extending in the vehicle-longitudinal direction, and projecting upwardly in the vehicle vertical direction, the groove includes an inner wall portion and an outer wall portion, between the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, the inner wall portion is located inward in the vehicle-width direction, and the outer wall portion is located outward in the vehicle-width direction, and
- wherein the adjusting rib is provided in the groove, the rear end is connected to the inner wall portion, and the front end is provided to be apart from the outer wall portion.
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An air flow adjusting structure for a vehicle comprising:
- a fender liner provided above a tire in a vehicle vertical direction, the fender liner including an arch such that an air flow passage is formed between the arch and the tire;
- an adjusting rib projecting from the arch in a vehicle-downward direction, the adjusting rib extending between a front end of the adjusting rib and a rear end of the adjusting rib in an extending direction which is inclined relative to both a vehicle-width direction and a vehicle-longitudinal direction;
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- a reinforcement rib coupled to the adjusting rib, and projecting downwardly from the arch in the vehicle vertical direction to reinforce the adjusting rib,
- wherein one of the front end of the adjusting rib and the rear end of the adjusting rib is disposed further forward in the vehicle-longitudinal direction than the other of the front end of the adjusting rib and the rear end of the adjusting rib.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.