Vehicle front structure comprising a horn
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorVojtech Sedlak
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle front structure including: a cooling device adapted to contain a cooling fluid configured to be cooled by an airflow received when the vehicle is moving; a shutter unit arranged to control the air flow and to redirect the air flow towards the cooling device, an air guide arranged in front of and adjacent the shutter unit, the air guide is arranged to redirect air flow coming from the forward direction of the vehicle towards the shutter unit; a horn unit configured to provide a sound output signal to a sound output portion attached to the air guide in such a way that an air tight seal is formed between a rim of the sound output portion and the air guide.
Claims13
A vehicle front structure comprising:
- a cooling device adapted to contain a cooling fluid configured to be cooled by an airflow received when the vehicle is moving;
- a shutter unit arranged to control the air flow and to redirect the air flow towards the cooling device,
- an air guide arranged in front of and adjacent the shutter unit, the air guide is arranged to redirect air flow coming from the forward direction of the vehicle towards the shutter unit;
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- a horn unit configured to provide a sound output signal to a sound output portion attached to the air guide in such a way that an air tight seal is formed between a rim of the sound output portion and the air guide, wherein a normal axis to an opening formed by the rim forms an angle with respect to the forward direction of the vehicle such that the normal axis of the opening of the sound output portion is facing at least partly in the forward direction of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.