Patent ID: 8752660

Claim:
A cooling structure for a vehicle, comprising: a power unit that is disposed within a power unit chamber that is disposed at a front side in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and at which air intake ports are formed at a front end side in the vehicle front-rear direction, the power unit generating driving force for the vehicle to travel; a body to be cooled that is disposed at a rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the power unit, and that is cooled by heat exchange with air; a fan that is disposed at a rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction from the body to be cooled, and that, by operating, generates a flow of air that passes through from a front side toward a rear side of the body to be cooled in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a communication structure that communicates a space in the vehicle front-rear direction between the fan and the body to be cooled, and a rear side portion in the vehicle front-rear direction from the power unit in the power unit chamber, wherein the body to be cooled is disposed to be inclined in side view such that a vehicle upper end side thereof is positioned further toward the vehicle front side than a lower end side thereof, and an upper portion is wider than a lower portion in the space between the fan and the body to be cooled.