Vehicle having structure for preventing entry of water drops into engine compartment thereof
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasanori Hayashi
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Abstract
A vehicle having an engine compartment and a passenger compartment formed therein includes a cowl and a dash board disposed below the dash board. The cowl is halved into right and left halves. The dash board includes a dash board body and a dash board flange. The cowl includes a cowl body, a cowl flange, and a cover portion. A seal member is interposed between the dash board flange and the cowl flange. The seal member has a portion tightly contacting the cover portion and the dash board body.
Claims4
A vehicle including a vehicle body having an engine compartment and a passenger compartment formed therein, said vehicle comprising:
- (A) a cowl mounted to said vehicle body and having a grill formed therein for taking in external air;
- (B) a dash board disposed below said cowl to separate said engine compartment from said passenger compartment;
- said dash board including:
- (a) a dash board body;
- (b) a dash board flange extending from an upper end of said dash board body into said engine compartment;
- said cowl extending in a widthwise direction of said vehicle body and comprising right and left halves each including:
- (a) a cowl body;
- (b) a cowl flange extending from a lower end of said cowl body into said engine compartment to cover said dash board flange;
- (c) a cover portion extending from said lower end of said cowl body to cover said upper end of said dash board body;
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- said dash board flange and said cowl flange having a seal member disposed in a space formed therebetween, said seal member sealing said space, said seal member having a portion tightly contacting said cover portion and said dash board body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.