Vehicle front structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYukari Sumie, Masayuki Okano
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Abstract
The vehicle front structure includes a radiator provided at a distance from the front bumper to the rear, an air guide duct provided between the front bumper and the radiator in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a vibration member mounted on a wall surface of the air guide duct. Vibration of the vibration member vibrates the wall surface, whereby a sound (horn sound) is emitted to the internal space of the air guide duct. The horn sound is amplified by resonance in the internal space, and is emitted in the forward direction of the vehicle through the front opening of the air guide duct.
Claims10
A vehicle front structure, comprising:
- a member to be cooled;
- an air guide duct having a front opening that is open in a forward direction of a vehicle, the air guide duct being configured to send air entering through the front opening to the member to be cooled;
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- a vibration member mounted on a surface of a wall of the air guide duct and configured to generate a horn sound in an internal space of the air guide duct by vibrating the surface of the wall, wherein
- the front opening has a cross-sectional area that increases toward the forward direction of the vehicle, and
- the wall of the air guide duct includes a plurality of internal walls, wherein the plurality of internal walls stand from an inner surface of the wall toward the internal space and are parallel to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.