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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/08 (2006.01); B60K 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/08 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 11/06 (2013.01); B60K 2001/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A duct assembly for a vehicle includes an intake duct configured to supply air to an object to be cooled and a discharge duct configured to discharge the air supplied to the object to be cooled to the outside of the vehicle. The discharge duct has a discharge port that opens downward. The intake duct has an intake port that opens rearward. The rear bumper has a depression and an upper wall section. The depression has a panel opening that allows passage of air supplied to the intake port. The depression is recessed from the upper wall section toward the front of the vehicle.