US 12,214,826 B2
Front structure of vehicle
Hosei Mogi, Hiroshima (JP); and Michiaki Sasaki, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,391.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-064051 (JP), filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315123 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B60S 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/24 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/081 (2013.01) [B60S 1/0438 (2013.01); B62D 25/24 (2013.01); B60S 1/0422 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A front structure of a vehicle, comprising:
a wiper motor provided below a front windshield; and
a gutter provided behind the wiper motor and below the front windshield, the gutter receiving water dripping from the front windshield,
wherein the gutter has a flow path portion through which water drops dripping onto the gutter flow in a vehicle width direction,
the flow path portion includes an uppermost portion at which the wiper motor is provided in the vehicle width direction,
an inclined portion of the flow path portion is disposed adjacent to the uppermost portion in the vehicle width direction, the inclined portion extending downward toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction or extending downward toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction,
a width in a vehicle front-rear direction of the flow path portion in the uppermost portion is set to be smallest among other portions of the flow path portion,
the wiper motor is located between a pair of wiper pivots,
each of the wiper pivots has a pivot drain path through which water drops dripping from the flow path portion are drained downward,
one of the pair of wiper pivots is provided on the inner side in the vehicle width direction and the other of the pair of wiper pivots is provided on the outer side in the vehicle width direction,
an auxiliary cover that covers, from above, a case that houses auxiliaries is provided below the pivot drain path of the other of the wiper pivots that is provided on the outer side in the vehicle width direction, and
the auxiliary cover has a cover inclined portion that is inclined downward toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction.