US 12,233,957 B2
Vehicle with improved front aerodynamic characteristic and front exterior member for vehicle
Hiroki Aoyanagi, Tokyo (JP); Hideki Hata, Tokyo (JP); and Masaya Sato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,533.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-154931 (JP), filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085826 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/00 (2013.01) [B60R 19/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 37/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A front exterior member for a vehicle, comprising:
a front inlet port formed in the front exterior member, the front inlet port being configured to draw in an airflow in front of the front exterior member, the front exterior member configured to be disposed on a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle;
a funnel member formed around the front inlet port; and
a specially processed surface formed on an inner surface of the funnel member, the specially processed surface having recesses that are arrayed, and
wherein the front inlet port, which is surrounded by the funnel member, defines a central flow axis that is positioned in an end of the front exterior member in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle.