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US 6,405,819 B1Granted
Vehicle cooling structure
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenji Ohkura, Michiharu Imayasu, Takashi Chirifu
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Abstract
A vehicle cooling structure comprises a bumper louver 8 attached in an opening formed in a front bumper so as to open at a position facing a lower portion of a radiator 5 in such a manner as to avoid a bumper beam, air duct plates 10 formed integrally with the bumper louver 8 in such a manner as to be inclined rearward, and left and right guide plates and a lower guide plate detachably attached to a front bulkhead for aggressively guiding running air introduced from the opening toward the radiator.
Claims17
A vehicle cooling structure comprising:
- a body;
- a front bumper provided in front of said body;
- a portion defining an opening formed in said front bumper;
- a radiator provided in an inside of a front portion of said body;
- a bumper louver provided in said opening;
- wherein said bumper louver includes substantial horizontal air duct plates for guiding cooling air toward said radiator and said air duct plates are provided in an inclined fashion so as to shield said opening when viewed from the front of the vehicle and vertical bars attached to said air duct plates;
- said vehicle cooling structure further comprising a plurality of vertical furring strips provided in said opening and affixed to said bumper, wherein said bumper louver vertical bars are configured for receiving and attachment to said vertical furring strips, wherein said air duct plates are formed integrally with said vertical bars in such a manner as to extend across said vertical bars.
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A vehicle cooling structure comprising:
- a front bumper attachable to a front of a vehicle body;
- a portion defining an opening formed in said front bumper;
- a bumper louver provided in said opening;
- wherein said bumper louver includes substantially horizontal air duct plates for guiding cooling air said air duct plates being provided in an inclined fashion, and vertical bars attached to said air duct plates;
- said vehicle cooling structure further comprising a plurality of vertical furring strips provided in said opening and affixed to said bumper, wherein said bumper louver vertical bars are configured for receiving and attachment to said vertical furring strips, and wherein said air duct plates extend across said vertical bars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.