Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Pubudu C Abeysinghe

Pirooz Moradnia

Matthew L Metka

Brian Reynolds

Pratap Thamanna Rao

Jason A Widmer

Benjamin Bowlby

David Wayne Halt

Kevin D Barcomb

A motor vehicle having a front end, a pair of opposing front wheel wells rearward of the front end, and an air guide duct having at least one air inlet disposed forward of the front wheel wells and facing the front end of the motor vehicle. The air guide duct also has at least one air outlet opening into at least one of the front wheel wells such that incoming air from the front end of the motor vehicle is guided into at least one of the front wheel wells.

Air guide duct for vehicle

Systems and methods for water management in a vehicle using a fluid management assembly are disclosed. The fluid management assembly includes a housing in fluid communication at one end with a vent in the hood of the vehicle and at a second end with a radiator of the vehicle. Air flow from the radiator is directed to the vent, and water and other liquids entering the vent are diverted away from the radiator via a drainage spout extending from a bottom side of the fluid duct assembly.

Fluid flow management in vehicles

An air guide duct for water ingress management having at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet channel which has an upstream inlet opening in fluid communication with the at least one air inlet and a downstream outlet opening into at least one of the front wheel wells, whereby incoming air from the front end of the motor vehicle is guided into at least one of the front wheel wells. A bottom surface of the upstream inlet opening is disposed at a first vertical position and a bottom surface of the downstream outlet opening is disposed at a second vertical position, with the bottom surface of the downstream outlet opening being disposed lower than the bottom surface of the upstream inlet opening relative to the front wheel wells such that a height differential is defined between the first vertical position and the second vertical position.

Air duct for water ingress management in a vehicle

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Pubudu C Abeysinghe