US 11,981,371 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. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,601.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-064052 (JP), filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315124 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/24 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/081 (2013.01) [B62D 25/24 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A front structure of a vehicle, comprising:
a dash panel that extends in a vehicle width direction and performs partitioning into an engine compartment and a vehicle interior in a vehicle front-rear direction;
an air inlet provided on one end side in the vehicle width direction of the dash panel;
a cowl grille that has an outside air introduction hole at a position away from the air inlet toward another end side in the vehicle width direction;
a drain provided below the cowl grille, the drain forming a closed cross-section extending in the vehicle width direction in cooperation with the cowl grille; and
a gutter provided in the closed cross-section above the drain, the gutter receiving water dripping from a front windshield,
wherein the gutter has a drain portion that drains the water to the drain,
the drain has a top deck portion thereon at a position at which the drain overlaps with the outside air introduction hole in plan view, and
the drain portion is provided at substantially the same position as the top deck portion in the vehicle width direction.