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US 9,751,481 B2Granted
Crossmember
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorKlaus Schneider
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Abstract
A crossmember (20) for a front bumper of a motor vehicle (10) has at least one throughflow opening for air. At least one exit-air opening (51, 52) is provided on a rear side (44) of the crossmember (20) to accommodate a discharge of exit air from a cooler of the motor vehicle.
Claims6
A crossmember for a front bumper of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a cooler arranged at least partly below the crossmember, the crossmember comprising:
- a crossmember main body extending in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, the crossmember main body having opposite first and second ends with exit-air outlet openings and a cavity extending between the exit-air outlet openings, a rear side with at least one exit-air inlet opening formed in the rear side at a position centrally located between the first and second ends, and a dividing body disposed in the cavity and extending at least partially between the first and second ends in the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, and closed top, bottom, and front sides;
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- an exit-air guiding device arranged behind the cooler and configured to collect exit-air emerging from the cooler and to direct at least a portion of the exit-air to the exit-air inlet opening for delivery of the exit-air to the exit-air outlet openings of the crossmember.
A front end of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a crossmember for supporting a front bumper of the motor vehicle, the crossmember including a crossmember main body extending in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, the crossmember main body having opposite first and second ends with exit-air outlet openings and a cavity extending between the exit-air outlet openings, and a rear side with at least one exit-air inlet opening formed therein, and a dividing body disposed in the cavity and extending at least partially between the first and second ends in the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction;
- a cooler arranged at least partly below the crossmember;
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- an exit-air guiding device arranged behind the cooler and configured to collect exit-air emerging from the cooler and to direct at least a portion of the exit-air to the exit-air inlet opening for delivery of the exit-air to the exit-air outlet openings of the crossmember.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.