Patent ID: 9694858
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60K,B62D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A front of a motor vehicle that has a wheel arch, comprising: an air inlet opening forward of the wheel arch; a first air duct that emanates from the air inlet opening for accommodating a flow of air, the first air duct having a downstream end that opens into the wheel arch; a heat exchanger in the first air duct; a second air duct that emanates from the air inlet opening at a location substantially adjacent the first air duct, the second air duct having no heat exchanger and guiding an air flow into the wheel arch or to a position of the wheel arch adjacent a laterally outer side of the motor vehicle; and an air flow control apparatus at an upstream end of at least one of the first and second air ducts and in proximity to the air inlet opening, the air flow control apparatus controlling air flow through at least one the first and second air ducts.