Patent ID: 7273121

Claim:
An automotive air induction duct comprising: an upper duct wall portion disposed close to a back side of a hood of a vehicle; a lower duct wall portion disposed to oppositely face the upper duct wall portion at such an interval as to secure a required space therebetween so as, together with the upper duct wall portion, to form: an air induction opening which opens towards a front of the vehicle; and an air induction passageway which supplies outside air taken into from the air induction opening for an engine; a strut portion which rises integrally from the lower duct wall portion so as to be able to support the upper duct wall portion through abutment of a raised distal end portion thereof with the upper duct wall portion; and an abutting and sliding portion which is provided at the raised distal end portion of the strut portion in a non-joined state to a back side of the upper duct wall portion and is able to be brought into abutment with the back side by virtue of point contact or line contact and to slide relative to the back side.