Body structure for an automobile with concealed wipers
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideo Harada, Eiji Imai
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Abstract
A body structure for an automobile with concealed wipers including a cowl top upper panel formed with air intake holes concealed by an engine hood. The structure includes a rubber seal adapted to be in contact with an inner panel of the engine hood when the engine hood is set in closed position and surrounding the air intake holes so as to separate them from the engine or compartment, thereby preventing the air in the engine compartment from mixing with the air to be intaken, effectively discharging the heated air in the engine compartment out of the automobile and making it possible to provide apertures for draining an electrodepositing liquid at suitable positions in the inner panel of the engine hood.
Claims4
A body structure for an automobile, the automobile having an engine compartment, a cowl top upper panel adjacent the rear of the engine compartment, and wipers arranged on the cowl top upper panel, said structure comprising:
- an engine hood covering the engine compartment, the cowl top upper panel and said wipers while in a closed position, the hood including an inner panel adjacent the cowl top upper panel, said cowl top upper panel including air intake holes therein concealed by the engine hood;
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- a rubber seal carried on top of said cowl top upper panel and in contact along the length of the seal with the inner panel while the engine hood is in the closed position, said inner panel, said cowl top upper panel and said rubber seal forming air passages on sides of the seal opposite the air intake holes, said air passages extending from the rear of the engine compartment to the outside of the hood through which air in the engine compartment may communicate with the ambient atmosphere.
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