Intake air introducing structure for automobile
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsSunao Teraguchi, Yohei Okagawa
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Abstract
An intake air introducing structure for an automobile includes an intake air guide member provided between a front grill and a radiator. The intake air guide member is open at front and upper sides, and has a curved guide surface that inclines upward from a bottom side toward a rear side and has a curved shape that protrudes downward. A block wall protrudes toward a side of the curved guide surface and is provided in an upper portion of the curved guide surface.
Claims9
An intake air introducing structure for an automobile in which outside air introduced from a front grill is guided to an intake air introduction port of an engine body disposed above a radiator, the structure comprising:
- an intake air guide member provided between the front grill and the radiator, wherein the intake air guide member is mounted to the front grill,
- wherein the intake air guide member is open at a front side and an upper side so as to receive the outside air from the front grill, and has a curved guide surface that is inclined in an upward direction from a bottom side toward a rear side and has a curved shape which protrudes downward, and
- a block wall provided at an upper portion of the curved guide surface and protruding forward toward the front side from the upper portion of the curved guide surface and extending over the curved guide surface.
An intake air introducing structure for an automobile in which outside air introduced from a front grill is guided to an intake air introduction port of an engine body disposed above a radiator, the structure comprising:
- an intake air guide member provided between the front grill and the radiator, wherein the intake air guide member is mounted to the front grill,
- wherein the intake air guide member is open at a front side and an upper side so as to receive the outside air from the front grill, and has a curved guide surface that is inclined in an upward direction from a bottom side toward a rear side and has a curved shape which protrudes downward, and
- a block wall provided on an upper portion of the curved guide surface and protruding toward the front side from the curved guide surface,
- wherein a bulkhead is provided between the front grill and the radiator, the intake air guide member being located between the front grill and the bulkhead, a rear portion of the curved guide surface extends above the bulkhead, and the outside air guided by the intake air guide member passes above the bulkhead and into the intake air introduction port,
- wherein the intake air introduction port is located above the bulkhead and is secured to a stay mounted to the bulkhead, and
- wherein a discharge port is defined in the stay.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.