Front end panel
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsIkuo Ozawa, Toshiki Sugiyama, Harumi Okai
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Abstract
The radiating section (830) of the control unit (800) is exposed to air flowing in the intake path (710) formed in the panel body (450). Due to the foregoing, it is possible to cool the control unit (800) by air (about 35° C.), the temperature of which is lower than the temperature of air (about 60° C.) which has passed through the condenser (200) and the radiator (100). Accordingly, the cooling effect (cooling capacity) can be enhanced. Therefore, the size of the radiating section (830) can be reduced, and the structure of the control unit (800) (the mounting structure of the electronic parts (810)) can be simplified. As a result, the manufacturing cost of the control unit (800) can be reduced.
Claims10
A front end panel for a vehicle having a front end onto which vehicle front end parts including at least a radiator are incorporated, the front end panel comprising:
- an air path adapted to be in communication with air located outside of an engine compartment of the vehicle, the air path allowing air to flow to the rear end of the vehicle while bypassing the radiator, the air path being arranged in a panel body section to which the vehicle front end parts are attached;
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- a unit attaching section to which a control unit for controlling electric equipment is attached, the unit attaching section being arranged in the panel body section, wherein the control unit is cooled by the air flowing in the air path without having flowed through the engine compartment.
A front end panel onto which vehicle front end parts including at least a radiator, which are arranged on the vehicle front end, are incorporated, comprising:
- an air path adapted for guiding air into the intake of an internal combustion engine, the air path being arranged in a panel body section to which the vehicle front end parts are attached;
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- a unit attaching section to which a control unit for controlling electric equipment is attached, the unit attaching section being arranged in the panel body section, wherein the control unit is cooled by the air flowing in the air path.
A front end panel onto which vehicle front end parts, including at least a radiator, which are arranged on the front end of an engine compartment, are incorporated, comprising:
- a unit attaching section to which a control unit for controlling electric equipment is attached, the unit attaching section being arranged in the panel body section to which the vehicle front end parts are attached, wherein air is taken in from outside the engine compartment to bypass the radiator and the control unit is cooled by the air which has been taken in without the air having flowed through the engine compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.