Patent ID: 9714602
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B60K,F01P

Claim:
1. A vehicle engine compartment having a vehicle bumper beam disposed at a forward end thereof, support rods disposed rearwardly from the vehicle bumper beam and secured to a lower bulkhead disposed rearwardly and below the vehicle bumper beam, and airflow introducing ports including a bottom breather opening for introducing a bottom breather airflow into a bottom breather airflow path in the vehicle engine compartment, the vehicle engine compartment comprising: an airflow directing member having a base portion and a bottom breather airflow directing portion; the base portion extending between the support rods and the vehicle bumper beam; and the bottom breather airflow directing portion depending from the base portion and below the vehicle bumper beam such that the bottom breather airflow path within the vehicle engine compartment is narrowed by the bottom breather airflow directing portion when the base portion of the airflow directing member is secured to the support rods, wherein the airflow directing member is directly secured to the support rods, wherein the base portion has a length such that the forward end is disposed immediately above the vehicle bumper beam when the airflow directing member is secured to the support rods, wherein the base portion and the bottom breather airflow directing portion are integrally formed to define a one-piece airflow directing member.