Front end structure of vehicle
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorYuhei Kunikata
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Abstract
A front end structure of a vehicle surrounding heat exchangers with ducts to thereby improve the heat exchangers in cooling ability, that is, a front end structure of a vehicle provided with heat exchangers positioned in an engine compartment in which an engine is mounted and exchanging heat between air and a heat medium, wherein the heat exchangers are surrounded by duct members sticking out to the vehicle front side, preventing hot air in the engine compartment from reaching the front end sides of the heat exchangers, and guiding air present at the vehicle front side to the heat exchangers and wherein among the duct members, a bottom duct positioned at the vehicle bottom side is formed with first through holes running through the vehicle in the up-down direction.
Claims4
A front end structure of a vehicle provided with heat exchangers positioned in an engine compartment in which an engine is mounted and exchanging heat between air and a heat medium, wherein
- the heat exchangers are surrounded by duct members sticking out toward the vehicle front side from the heat exchangers, preventing hot air in the engine compartment from reaching the front end sides of the heat exchangers, and guiding air present at the vehicle front side to the heat exchangers and wherein
- among the duct members, a bottom duct positioned at the vehicle bottom side is formed with first through holes at the vehicle front side from the heat exchangers, the first through holes running through the vehicle in the up-down direction.
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