Patent ID: 6626483
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A front end structure of a vehicle comprising a front end panel (100) which is arranged at a front end portion of the vehicle and divides the front end portion into an engine compartment, into which an internal combustion engine is incorporated, and an outside of the engine compartment, the front end panel (100) comprising:a suction opening portion (122) in which air sucked into the internal combustion engine flows and which connects the engine compartment with the outside of the engine compartment; and a cover member (300, 410, 151) for forming a suction chamber (140) in which the sucked air is filled, the cover member being arranged on the front side of the suction opening portion (122) in such a manner that the cover member covers the suction opening portion (122) from the front side of the vehicle, wherein the suction chamber (140) is in communication with the outside of the suction chamber (140) in a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction of the vehicle, a communicating passage (141) to connect the suction chamber (140) with the outside of the suction chamber (140) is formed into a labyrinth structure composed of a first wall portion formed on the cover member (300, 410, 151) and extending towards the front end panel and a second wall portion formed around the suction opening portion on the front end panel (100) and extending toward the cover member to overlap a portion of the first wall portion, a first space being formed between the front end panel and an end of the first wall, a second space being formed between the cover member and an end wall of the second wall portion and the suction chamber includes a suction opening that is connected to an air cleaner.