Vehicle front structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10370037-B2
Application number	US-201815873127-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2018
Priority date	Mar 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle front structure includes a cowl and one or more washer nozzles. The cowl is disposed between a front window glass and a front hood, which are disposed at a vehicle front. The cowl includes a recess extending in a vehicle width direction. The one or more washer nozzles are disposed at the cowl and configured to eject a washer fluid to the front window glass. The cowl includes plate members that stand erect in the recess and extend in a vehicle front-rear direction. The plate members are disposed on both vehicle-widthwise outer sides of an area in which the one or more washer nozzles are disposed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle front structure, comprising:
a cowl disposed between a front window glass and a front hood, which are disposed at a vehicle front, and comprising a recess extending in a vehicle width direction; and
washer nozzles that are disposed at the cowl and configured to eject a washer fluid to the front window glass,
wherein the cowl comprises plate members that stand erect in the recess and extend in a vehicle front-rear direction,
wherein the plate members are disposed on both vehicle-widthwise outer sides of an area in which the washer nozzles are disposed
wherein the washer nozzles are disposed closer to a vehicle-widthwise center portion than any of the plate members, and
wherein among the plate members, a pair of plate members disposed on left and right sides in the vehicle width direction and closest to the area in which the washer nozzles are disposed are more inclined relative to the vehicle front-rear direction than the other plate members in such a manner that the pair of plate members gradually extend outward in the vehicle width direction from the front end toward the rear end.

2. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of left and right imagers disposed on an inner surface of a front window glass,
wherein the pair of plate members disposed on the left and right sides in the vehicle width direction and closest to the area in which the washer nozzles are disposed on an inner side of the pair of left and right imagers in the vehicle width direction, while the other plate members are disposed on an outer side of the pair of left and right imagers in the vehicle width direction.

3. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein, the pair of plate members disposed on the left and right sides in the vehicle width direction and closest to the area in which the washer nozzles are disposed are disposed adjacent to the washer nozzles.

4. The vehicle front structure according to claim 2 , wherein, the pair of plate members disposed on the left and right sides in the vehicle width direction and closest to the area in which the washer nozzles are disposed are disposed adjacent to the washer nozzles.

5. The vehicle front structure according to claim 4 , wherein the washer nozzles are integrated with the pair of plate members on the left and right sides, on inner surfaces of the plate members in the vehicle width direction.

6. The vehicle front structure according to claim 5 , wherein the washer nozzles are integrated with the pair of plate members on the left and right sides, on inner surfaces of the plate members in the vehicle width direction.

7. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of left and right imagers disposed on an inner surface of a front window glass,
wherein all of the plate members are disposed on an outer side of the pair of left and right imagers in the vehicle width direction.

8. The vehicle front structure according to claim 2 , wherein, the pair of plate members disposed on the left and right sides in the vehicle width direction and closest to the area in which the washer nozzles are disposed are disposed adjacent to the washer nozzles.

9. The vehicle front structure according to claim 7 , wherein, the pair of plate members disposed on the left and right sides in the vehicle width direction and closest to the area in which the washer nozzles are disposed are disposed adjacent to the washer nozzles.

10. The vehicle front structure according to claim 8 , wherein the washer nozzles are integrated with the pair of plate members on the left and right sides, on inner surfaces of the plate members in the vehicle width direction.

11. The vehicle front structure according to claim 9 , wherein the washer nozzles are integrated with the pair of plate members on the left and right sides, on inner surfaces of the plate members in the vehicle width direction.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Kobayashi Ryuya

Classifications

• B60S1/52 Primary

  Arrangement of nozzles; {Liquid spreading means}(nozzles per se B05B) · CPC title

• B60S1/46

  using liquid; Windscreen washers · CPC title

• B62D25/081 Primary

  Cowls (ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28) · CPC title

• B60S1/0463

  Arrangement of the cowl · CPC title

• B62D25/105

  for motor cars · CPC title