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US 7,114,587 B2Granted
Structure of front portion of vehicle body
AssigneeCalsonic Kansei Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Mori, Minoru Takagi
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Abstract
A portion between a front end of an air guide plates, which forms an air duct portion, and the front exterior member of the vehicle is sealed by a seal portion. Therefore, hot air leaking from inside of an engine room, is positively prevented from being drawn into the air duct portion after it flows around the front end of the air guide plate.
Claims14
A structure of a front portion of a vehicle body comprising:
- a radiator core support member adapted to mount and support a heat exchanger;
- a front exterior member exposed to outer side of said front portion of said vehicle;
- an air duct portion provided between the radiator core member and the front exterior member, and formed in a surrounding manner by an upper cover member, a lower cover member and a pair of air guide plates provided respectively at opposite sides thereof;
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- a seal portion that seals between a front end of the air guide plates and the front exterior member, wherein the seal portion is present between a bumper fascia and a bumper armature.
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A structure of a front portion of a vehicle body comprising:
- a radiator core support member adapted to mount and support a heat exchanger;
- a front exterior member exposed to outer side of said front portion of said vehicle;
- an air duct portion provided between the radiator core member and the front exterior member, and formed in a surrounding manner by an upper cover member, a lower cover member and a pair of air guide plates provided respectively at opposite sides thereof;
- a seal portion that seals between a front end of the air guide plates and the front exterior member;
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- a resin damper block member mounted on an inner side of the front exterior member,
- wherein the seal portion is formed by a ridge formed on and projects from the resin damper block member, and held in intimate contact with an inner surface of the front exterior member.
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A structure of a front portion of a vehicle body comprising:
- a radiator core support member adapted to mount and support a heat exchanger;
- a front exterior member exposed to outer side of said front portion of said vehicle;
- an air duct portion provided between the radiator core member and the front exterior member, and formed in a surrounding manner by an upper cover member, a lower cover member and a pair of air guide plates provided respectively at opposite sides thereof;
- a seal portion that seals between a front end of the air guide plates and the front exterior member;
- a pair of side members connected to opposite lower corners of the radiator core support member, respectively;
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- a lower structural member attached to a lower portion of the radiator core support member,
- wherein the lower cover member is connected to each of a front ends of the side member at right and left end portions thereof, respectively, and is connected to the lower structural member at a central portion thereof in such a manner that the central portion can be disengaged rearward from the lower structural member upon application of a collision input from a front side of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.