Patent ID: 8474557

Claim:
An air guiding device in a front end part of a motor vehicle for guiding fresh air, the air guiding device comprising: an air guiding duct having a front air inlet opening, a radiator in the guiding duct rearward of the inlet opening for receiving fresh air from the inlet opening and an air outlet opening downstream of the radiator and receiving radiator outlet, the air outlet opening including a wheel house grille that is oriented transversely in the vehicle and has vertically oriented air guiding slats disposed and configured to guide a first part of the radiator outlet air to a vehicle outside area and a second part of the radiator outlet air to a vehicle inside area and toward an air deflecting blade downstream of the wheel house grille, the air deflecting blade being configured to guide the second part of the radiator outlet air toward a wheel brake in the wheel house for cooling the wheel brake, wherein the air guiding slats include a first plurality of air guiding slats disposed on the vehicle inside and running substantially parallel to a vehicle longitudinal axis, and a second plurality of air guiding slats extending from the first plurality of air guiding slats to the vehicle outside, the second plurality of air guiding slats being aligned oblique to the vehicle longitudinal axis for guiding the radiator outlet air to the outside.