Patent ID: 6880655

Claim:
An air-intake structure for a vehicle, comprising: a front grille covering a front of an engine radiator which is disposed at a front part of the vehicle; an engine air-induction duct having an air-intake port disposed above the engine radiator, the air-intake port being offset from a transverse center of the vehicle in a traverse direction and oriented toward the front grille; a closed portion provided on the front grille above the engine radiator for closing an entirety of a portion of the front grille which faces the air-intake port, the closed portion being integrally formed on the front grille as a single member, a lower cover disposed between the engine radiator and the air-intake port; an upper cover disposed above the air-intake port; and a rear cover disposed behind the air-intake port, wherein an air-induction space surrounded by the closed portion, the lower cover, the upper cover and the rear cover is provided for inducing a running air taken through the front grille to the air-intake port, wherein the lower cover includes an irregular face which faces the air-induction space, the irregular face including a plurality of longitudinally extending elongate projections, so that foreign matters mixed in the running air are separated from the running air at the irregular face.