Vehicle front end structure
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsNorihisa Sasano, Toshiki Sugiyama
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Abstract
An inlet 51 is disposed at a position which is on an upper side relative to an axial flow fan 60 and is opposite to a direction of air flow produced by the rotation of the axial flow fan 60, whereas an intercooler 30 is disposed at a position which is on a lower side relative to the axial flow fan 60 and is downstream along the direction of air flow produced by the rotation of the axial flow fan 60, whereby it can be prevented that an air cleaner 50 constitutes a resistance to an air flow to thereby reduce the volume of air which passes through the intercooler 30. Consequently, intake air can be sufficiently cooled to thereby increase the output of an engine 40.
Claims7
A vehicle front end structure comprising;
- an axial flow fan having, in turn, a rotating shaft which extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and adapted for supplying cooling air to a radiator,
- an intercooler for cooling air drawn into an internal combustion engine, and
- an air cleaner, provided on a downstream side of an air flow relative to an inlet from which air drawn into the internal combustion engine is introduced, for removing dust in the air so introduced, wherein
- the inlet is positioned opposite to the intercooler across the axial flow fan as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein
- the air cleaner is positioned at a location where the air cleaner deviates from the intercooler as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and wherein
- the axial flow fan rotates in a direction which deflects an air flow blown out of the axial fan to an intercooler side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.