US 11,919,571 B2
Cowl drain structure for an electric vehicle
Yoshiyuki Ryuno, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,297.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-140370 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055693 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/081 (2013.01) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B62D 25/082 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle comprising:
a cowl;
a charging lid disposed outward of the cowl in a vehicle width direction, and
a charging cable disposed between the cowl and the charging lid,
wherein a drain hole is defined in a bottom wall of the cowl,
the bottom wall of the cowl comprises a first bottom wall portion and a second bottom wall portion,
the first bottom wall portion is located more proximate to a central portion of the cowl than the second bottom wall portion,
the second bottom wall portion is located between the first bottom wall portion and the drain hole and is adjacent to the drain hole, and
an inclination angle of a surface of the second bottom wall portion is greater than an inclination angle of a surface of the first bottom wall portion.