Vehicle cowl structure
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSong-Jae Jeong
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Abstract
A vehicle cowl structure can include a cowl lower panel extending in a width direction of a vehicle, and a guide panel having an outer end coupled to an inner end of the cowl lower panel in a configuration so that outside air can be introduced into an air conditioning device of the vehicle, wherein the outer end of the guide panel is positioned to be higher than the inner end of the cowl lower panel, such that a gap is defined between the inner end of the cowl lower panel and the outer end of the guide panel.
Claims20
A vehicle cowl structure comprising:
- a cowl lower panel extending in a width direction of a vehicle;
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- a guide panel having an outer end coupled to an inner end of the cowl lower panel in a configuration so that outside air can be introduced into an air conditioning device of the vehicle therethrough, wherein the outer end of the guide panel is positioned to be higher than the inner end of the cowl lower panel, such that a gap is defined between the inner end of the cowl lower panel and the outer end of the guide panel.
A vehicle cowl structure comprising:
- a cowl lower panel extending in a width direction of a vehicle;
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- a guide panel having a raised air intake port, wherein the guide panel has an outer end coupled to an inner end of the cowl lower panel, wherein the outer end of the guide panel is higher than the inner end of the cowl lower panel, such that a gap is defined between the inner end of the cowl lower panel and the outer end of the guide panel, wherein the guide panel overlaps the cowl lower panel by a first length in the width direction of the vehicle over the gap.
A vehicle cowl structure comprising:
- a cowl lower panel extending in a width direction of a vehicle;
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- a guide panel having a raised air intake port;
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- a cowl support bracket having air flow slots therein, the cowl support bracket being connected to an inner end of the cowl lower panel, and the cowl support bracket being connected to an outer end of the guide panel, wherein the outer end of the guide panel is higher than the inner end of the cowl lower panel, such that a gap is defined between the inner end of the cowl lower panel and the outer end of the guide panel, wherein the guide panel overlaps the cowl lower panel by a first length over the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.