Patent ID: 11858335
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. An engine room heat exhausting structure configured to discharge heat from an engine room, comprising:
an engine room accommodating an engine with cylinders lined up in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle;
a wheelhouse provided outside the engine room in a vehicle width direction;
an exhaust emission control device disposed between the engine and the wheelhouse;
a splash shield configured to intercept water entering the engine room from the wheelhouse; and
a discharging part provided to the splash shield at a location rearward of the exhaust emission control device and configured to discharge into the wheelhouse a portion of air that cooled the exhaust emission control device,
wherein the discharging part is provided to the splash shield at a location rearward of a front end of an engine mount supporting the engine and downward of the exhaust emission control device,
wherein the engine mount includes a cylindrical body part, an upper fixing part for fixing the cylindrical body part to a front side frame, a front lower part fixing part configured to direct a portion of cooling air to flow from a front of the vehicle to the exhaust emission control device, and a rear lower part fixing part configured to direct the portion of the air that cooled the exhaust emission control device to the discharging part, and
wherein the front lower part fixing part and the rear lower part fixing part are formed to spread in a front-and-rear direction downward from the upper fixing part to fix the cylindrical body part to a sub-frame.