US 12,103,363 B2
Vehicle
Marie Sakata, Toyota (JP); Masashi Kawamoto, Okazaki (JP); and Ken Tanaka, Aichi-ken (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 Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,013.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-060463 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314744 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/34 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/34 (2013.01) [B60H 1/0055 (2013.01); B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 25/142 (2013.01); B62D 25/145 (2013.01); B62D 25/2018 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
an instrument panel reinforcement that extends in a vehicle width direction inside an instrument panel;
a steering wheel located behind the instrument panel reinforcement; and
an air duct that is disposed inside the instrument panel and passes between the instrument panel reinforcement and the steering wheel,
wherein the air duct has a polygonal shape and a polygonal maximum internal angle in a rear-half of the air duct in a vehicle body front-rear direction, and
wherein the air duct comprises a first notch on an inner surface of the air duct at the polygonal maximum internal angle and a second notch on an outer surface of the air duct.