Patent ID: 9623913
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A cowl structure comprising: a cowl main body that has a length in a vehicle width direction configured to run along a lower edge of a windshield, the cowl main body including (i) a gutter that is open toward a vehicle upper side, (ii) an inlet port through a rear wall portion of the cowl main body for drawing outside air into a vehicle cabin, and (iii) a glass support portion configured to support, through a seal, a lower end portion of the windshield from a vehicle lower side of the windshield; and a gutter extension section that (a) extends forwardly and downwardly from a front end portion of the glass support portion, (b) has a length in the vehicle width direction, (c) is concave toward the vehicle upper side, (d) is located in a range of the vehicle width direction that includes a vehicle width direction range of the inlet port, and (e) includes a water drainage outlet configured to cause water received by the gutter extension section to fall from a position offset in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle width direction range of the inlet port.