Patent ID: 6883589

Claim:
A front end structure of an automotive vehicle having a front end and a rear end, the front end structure comprising a front end panel integrally formed from a resin and vehicle front end parts including at least a radiator for cooling engine cooling water and a heat exchanger for cooling refrigerant, the front end panel including horizontally extending beams and being adapted to be fixed to a body of the automotive vehicle, said front end panel being open towards the rear end of the automotive vehicle; the radiator and the heat exchanger are arranged in series with respect to air flow flowing through the radiator and the heat exchanger, the radiator and the heat exchanger being directly fixed to the front end panel; said front end panel including an inlet opening for introducing air into an engine compartment and also including a duct structure preventing the air introduced from the inlet opening from bypassing the radiator and the heat exchanger, the front end panel enclosing substantially the entire respective perimeter of each of the radiator and the heat exchanger, the duct structure including a rib extending into a gap between the front end panel and at least one of the radiator and the heat exchanger; the front end structure further comprising a fan unit arranged upstream of the radiator and the heat exchanger with respect to the air flow for blowing the air toward the radiator and the heat exchanger; and the fan unit including a shroud and an axial flow fan, the axial flow fan being disposed in a portion of the shroud which faces the rear end of the automotive vehicle.