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US 11,529,867 B2Granted
Vehicle cooling air introduction structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasataka Morimoto, Susumu Kitajima
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Abstract
a vehicle cooling air introduction structure includes: an outer plate member that covers a front side, relative to a vehicle body, of a radiator; a cover member that is provided adjacent to an upper side, relative to the vehicle body, of the outer plate member and covers a front upper side, relative to the vehicle body, of the radiator; and an opening member that is moved in a rearward direction, relative to the vehicle body, by wind pressure during travel to thereby open an open portion at a lower end portion of the cover member.
Claims5
A vehicle cooling air introduction structure, comprising:
- an outer plate member that covers a front side, relative to a vehicle body, of a radiator;
- a cover member that is provided adjacent to an upper side, relative to the vehicle body, of the outer plate member and covers a front upper side, relative to the vehicle body, of the radiator;
- and
- an opening member that is moved in a rearward direction, relative to the vehicle body, by wind pressure during travel to thereby open an open portion at a lower end portion of the cover member, wherein
- the opening member has a concavo-convex shape as seen in a plan view, and
- the opening member comprises:
- mountain portions that are tabular and that are flush with the cover member in a state in which the opening member has closed off the open portion, and
- valley portions that are positioned between the mountain portions and are recessed rearwardly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.