Motor vehicle front end part
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorThomas Wolf
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Abstract
A motor vehicle front end part (1) has a device for influencing a cooling air flow. The device has an adjustable flap (22) that extends in a vehicle transverse direction and that is assigned to an air inlet opening (10) with an air inlet cross section (12). To provide a motor vehicle front end part that is of simple design and can be produced cost-effectively, the flap (20) is arranged in front of the air inlet cross section (12) in a vehicle longitudinal direction to such an extent that, if the flap (20) is in an operative position, the cooling air flow (22, 23) is channeled completely or virtually completely past the air inlet opening (10).
Claims12
A motor vehicle front end part having a lower part, an upper part spaced above the lower part so that an air inlet opening is defined between the upper and lower parts, the air inlet opening having an air inlet opening height extending vertically between the lower and upper parts, the upper part projecting more forward than the lower part, the motor vehicle front end part further having a device for influencing a cooling air flow, the device comprising an adjustable flap that extends in a vehicle transverse direction and that is in proximity to the air inlet opening, the flap being arranged at a lower surface of the upper part in front of the air inlet in a vehicle longitudinal direction by a distance greater than the air inlet opening height, the flap being positionable between an operative position in which the flap projects below the lower surface of the upper part and partly blocks the air inlet opening so that a cooling air flow is channeled past the air inlet opening and an inoperative position where the flap is substantially flush with the lower surface of the upper part so that the cooling air flow is not influenced by the flap.
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