Vehicle front structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10399613-B2
Application number	US-201815886678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2018
Priority date	Mar 10, 2017
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle front structure includes a front window glass, a washer nozzle, a cowl, and plate members. The front window glass includes angle-of-view areas at its upper portions. The angle-of-view areas cover angles of view of left and right imagers disposed on an interior of a vehicle. The washer nozzle ejects a washer fluid to an outer surface of the front window glass. The cowl is recessed and extends in a vehicle width direction between the front window glass and a front hood. The plate members stand erect in the cowl and extend in a vehicle front-rear direction. The plate members are disposed at least one at each outer side, in the vehicle width direction, of a widthwise center of the vehicle. The plate members extend toward an area interposed between outer edges of the angle-of-view areas in the vehicle width direction in a plan view of the vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle front structure, comprising:
a front window glass that comprises angle-of-view areas at upper portions of the front window glass, the angle-of-view areas covering angles of view of a pair of left and right imagers disposed on an interior of a vehicle;
a washer nozzle configured to eject a washer fluid to an outer surface of the front window glass;
a cowl that is recessed and extends in a vehicle width direction between the front window glass and a front hood; and
plate members that stand erect in the cowl, extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, and are non-tilted in a vertical direction of the vehicle,
wherein the plate members are disposed at least one at each outer side, in the vehicle width direction, of a widthwise center of the vehicle, and
wherein the plate members extend toward an area interposed between outer edges of the angle-of-view areas in the vehicle width direction in a plan view of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plate members extend toward an area interposed between inner edges of the angle-of-view areas in the vehicle width direction in a plan view of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plate members are entirely disposed on inner sides of outer edges of the angle-of-view areas of the imagers in the vehicle width direction in a plan view of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein the washer nozzle is disposed at the cowl.

5. The vehicle front structure according to claim 2 , wherein the washer nozzle is disposed at the cowl.

6. The vehicle front structure according to claim 3 , wherein the washer nozzle is disposed at the cowl.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Kobayashi Ryuya
• Oki Yusuke

Classifications

• B62D25/081 Primary

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

• B60S1/52

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

• B60S1/0463

  Arrangement of the cowl · CPC title

• B62D25/08 Primary

  Front or rear portions {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11)} · CPC title

• B62D35/001

  For commercial vehicles or tractor-trailer combinations, e.g. caravans · CPC title