Vehicle cooler
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKyoshiro Tsuji, Ryotaro Takami
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Abstract
A vehicle cooler includes a radiator, a condenser, and an air guide bridging from a top surface of the radiator over a top surface of the condenser. The air guide includes a body part including a first base face placed on the top surface of the condenser, a second base face placed on the top surface of the radiator, and a standing wall extending in a height direction of a vehicle for coupling the first base face and the second base face. The standing wall faces a front surface of the radiator with respect to a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, and includes air holes for guiding outside air to the radiator.
Claims3
A vehicle cooler comprising:
- a radiator;
- a condenser disposed in front of the radiator, the condenser having a top surface located lower than a top surface of the radiator;
- and
- an air guide extending from the top surface of the radiator over the top surface of the condenser, wherein
- the air guide includes a body part, the body part comprising:
- a first base face placed on the top surface of the condenser;
- a second base face placed on the top surface of the radiator;
- and
- a standing wall extending in a height direction of a vehicle to couple the first base face and the second base face, the standing wall facing a front surface of the radiator in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, the standing wall including at least one air hole configured to guide outside air to the radiator,
- the vehicle cooler further comprises a radiator support disposed above the top surface of the radiator and the top surface of the condenser, the radiator support being spaced from the top surfaces with a gap between the radiator support and the top surfaces,
- the air guide further comprises a first sealing member disposed on the second base face and extending in a width direction of the vehicle, the first sealing member comprising an elastic material to fill a first gap between the second base face and the radiator support, and
- the air guide further comprises second sealing members extending in the forward-rearward direction of the vehicle in end portions of the body part in the width direction of the vehicle, the second sealing members comprising an elastic material to fill a second gap between the end portions of the body part and the radiator support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.