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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Morimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Etsuji Saiki, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B60H 1/28 (2006.01); B60R 13/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/081 (2013.01); B60H 1/28 (2013.01); B60R 13/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
The front structure of a vehicle includes a drain, provided below a cowl grille, that forms a closed cross-section in cooperation with the cowl grille, in which the drain has flow path portions that extend in the vehicle width direction and serve as paths through which water flows, the flow path portion has air speed reduction portions that reduce the flow speed of air flowing through the flow path portion in the region ranging from the position that overlaps with an outside air introduction hole of the cowl grille in the vehicle width direction to an air inlet of a dash panel.