Patent ID: 9085324
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A front pillar structure for a vehicle, the structure comprising: a windshield disposed on the front of a vehicle body; a front door disposed at a widthwise side of the vehicle body; a front pillar located between the windshield and the front door; a pillar outer cover disposed on an outer surface of the front pillar; a side mirror disposed on a front side of the front door in a front-rear direction; an inlet port disposed between the front pillar and the pillar outer cover, the inlet port being disposed on a front side in the front-rear direction and configured to allow air therethrough; an outlet port disposed between the front pillar and the pillar outer cover, the outlet port being disposed on a rear side in the front-rear direction and extending a predetermined range above a height of an upper edge of the side mirror, and being configured to discharge air therethrough; and a gas-liquid separator disposed between the front pillar and the pillar outer cover, the gas-liquid separator being configured to separate water from air, the water flowing into the inlet port with the air, to guide the air after the separation to the outlet port, and to introduce the water after the separation to a lower side in a vertical direction of the vehicle, wherein a vertical dimension of the outlet port is smaller than a vertical dimension of the pillar outer cover.