Vehicle front structure

Abstract

To provide a vehicle front part structure that achieves both suppression of intrusion of water to a portion other than a drainage path of a drainage member and suppression of occurrence of an adverse effect on collision performance caused by a behavior in which the drainage member and a gutter member are brought into contact with each other and stretched at the time of a vehicle collision.SOLUTION: A gutter member 21 includes: a flow passage portion 28 that receives water dropping from a front windshield 4 and allows the water to flow in a vehicle width direction; and a drainage portion 29 for discharging the water to a drainage member 40 on an inner side of the flow passage portion 28 in the vehicle width direction. At least a part of the flow passage portion 28 is provided overlapped with a drainage path 41 in a vehicle plan view. The gutter member 21 has guide portions 31, 32, 33 that guide the water dropping from the drainage portion 29 to the drainage path 41. The guide portions 31, 32, 33 are formed of a buffer material that absorbs at least an impact load in an up-down direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] This invention relates to a front structure of a vehicle, and more particularly to a front structure of a vehicle that includes a drainage member having a drainage path that drains water outward in the vehicle width direction below the front windshield, and a gutter member located above the drainage member and below the front windshield. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, a known structure is one in which a cowl center is provided as a gutter member to prevent water dripping from the front windshield from entering the air intake port of the dash lower panel, and the dripped water is allowed to drip into a drainage member below the cowl center, and then drained outward in the vehicle width direction (see Patent Document 1).

[0003] The cowl center as a gutter member described above is basically designed to direct water droplets outward in the vehicle width direction, but when the vehicle tilts, for example, when it runs over a curb, it is designed to direct water droplets toward the center in the vehicle width direction.

[0004] If a structure is adopted in which the drainage path in the drainage member below the gutter member has a narrow width in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, when water is discharged from the inner end of the flow path portion of the gutter member in the vehicle width direction into the drainage path, water may enter areas other than the drainage path.

[0005] In order to solve this problem, it is possible to consider a structure that provides a guide section to guide water droplets that drip from the flow path section into the drainage path, but in this case there is a concern that in the event of a collision between the vehicle and a pedestrian, the vertical wall that forms the front end of the drainage path will come into contact with the guide section, increasing the input load on the object that is hit. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] JP 2016-215755 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a front structure for a vehicle that prevents water from entering areas other than the drainage path of the drainage member, and prevents adverse effects on collision performance caused by the drainage member and gutter member coming into contact and protruding during a vehicle collision. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The present invention provides a drainage member having a drainage path that drains water outward in the vehicle width direction below the front windshield, and a gutter member located above the drainage member and below the front windshield, the gutter member having a flow path portion that receives water dripping from the front windshield and drains it in the vehicle width direction, and a drainage portion that drains the water into the drainage member on the inner side of the flow path portion in the vehicle width direction, the flow path portion being at least partially overlapping with the drainage path in a plan view of the vehicle, the gutter member having a guide portion that guides water dripping from the drainage portion to the drainage path, the guide portion being made of a cushioning material that absorbs impact loads at least in the vertical direction. The flow path portion has a substantially U-shaped cross section in a side view of the vehicle, and includes a hole portion as the drainage portion at the rear of the flow path portion, and the guide portion includes a hole-side guide portion that is provided so as to be inclined downward from the lower end of the hole portion toward the rear of the vehicle. The front structure of the vehicle is characterized by the above.

[0009] According to this invention, by providing the guide portion, it is possible to prevent water from entering areas other than the drainage path, and by constructing the guide portion from a cushioning material, even if the cushioning material comes into contact with the drainage member when a vehicle collides with a pedestrian, it is possible to absorb the collision load, thereby reducing the input to the colliding object. In short, it is possible to suppress the intrusion of water into areas other than the drainage path of the drainage member, and to suppress the behavior of the drainage member and the gutter member being stretched out in the event of a vehicle collision.

[0010] Also, as mentioned above The flow path portion has a substantially U-shaped cross section in a side view of the vehicle, and is provided with a hole portion as the drainage portion at the rear of the flow path portion, and the guide portion is provided with a hole portion-side guide portion that is inclined downward from the lower end of the hole portion toward the rear of the vehicle. There are .

[0011] child R As a result, by providing the hole-side guide portion, drainage from the hole to the drainage path can be ensured, and since the hole-side guide portion is a cushioning material, it can also absorb impact loads in the vertical direction.

[0012] child In one aspect of the invention, the lower end of the hole-side guide portion may be provided so as to overlap the drainage path in a plan view of the vehicle. According to this invention, the lower end of the hole-side guide portion overlaps with the drainage path, so that water that has once been absorbed by the hole-side guide portion or that has adhered to the hole-side guide portion and drips down is reliably dripped from the lower end of the hole-side guide portion into the drainage path, making it possible to more reliably prevent water from entering areas other than the drainage path.

[0013] Furthermore, as an aspect of the present invention, an intake port for taking in air for air conditioning may be formed at one end of the dash panel in the vehicle width direction, and the guide portion may include an intake port side guide portion that is provided on the intake port side of the hole in the vehicle width direction and below the flow path portion along a substantially U-shaped cross section.

[0014] With this invention, when the water droplets dripping from the hole are sucked out by the wind from the air intake and flow in the vehicle width direction while carrying droplets, the wind carrying the droplets hits the wall surface of the air intake side guide portion in the vehicle width direction and drips accurately along the air intake side guide portion into the drainage path. In this way, the droplets sucked into the air intake from the hole can be guided into the drainage path.

[0015] Furthermore, as an aspect of the present invention, the cushioning material may be made of a foamed resin material. According to the present invention, the buffer material can be formed with a simple structure.

[0016] In addition, as an aspect of the present invention, the drainage path may be provided with a vertical wall portion that forms the front or rear end and extends in the vertical direction, and the vertical wall portion and the flow path portion may be arranged to overlap when viewed from above the vehicle. According to this invention, an appropriate drainage path can be formed with the vertical wall portion, which extends vertically and close to the flow path portion. However, since the guide portion is made of a cushioning material, even if the vertical wall portion comes into contact with the flow path portion via the guide portion during a collision, the impact on the colliding object can be reduced by absorbing the collision load. [Effects of the Invention]

[0017] According to this invention, it is possible to achieve both the prevention of water intrusion into areas other than the drainage path of the drainage member and the prevention of adverse effects on collision performance caused by the behavior of the drainage member and the gutter member coming into contact and protruding during a vehicle collision. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0018] [Figure 1] FIG. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the vehicle with the cowl grill removed from FIG. 1; [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the right side of the vehicle in FIG. 2. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a front perspective view showing the front structure of the vehicle. [Figure 5] FIG. [Figure 6] Cross-sectional view taken along line AA in Figure 2. [Figure 7] BB line cross-sectional view of FIG. 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0019] The object of the present invention is to simultaneously suppress the intrusion of water into areas other than the drainage path of the drainage member and suppress adverse effects on collision performance caused by the behavior of the drainage member and the gutter member coming into contact and protruding during a vehicle collision, and to achieve this objective by comprising a drainage member having a drainage path that drains water outward in the vehicle width direction below the front windshield, and a gutter member located above the drainage member and below the front windshield, the gutter member having a flow path portion that receives water dripping from the front windshield and directs it in the vehicle width direction, and a drainage portion that drains the water into the drainage member on the inner side of the flow path portion in the vehicle width direction, the flow path portion being provided so as to overlap at least a portion with the drainage path in a plan view of the vehicle, and the gutter member having a guide portion that guides water dripping from the drainage portion to the drainage path, the guide portion being made of a cushioning material that absorbs at least vertical impact loads. The flow path portion has a substantially U-shaped cross section in a side view of the vehicle, and includes a hole portion as the drainage portion at the rear of the flow path portion, and the guide portion includes a hole-side guide portion that is provided so as to be inclined downward from the lower end of the hole portion toward the rear of the vehicle. This was achieved through the structure. [Example]

[0020] An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawings show the front structure of a vehicle, with Fig. 1 being a plan view showing the front structure of the vehicle, Fig. 2 being a plan view of Fig. 1 with the cowl grill removed, Fig. 3 being a perspective view of the right side of the vehicle in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 being a front perspective view showing the front structure of the vehicle as seen from the front and above the vehicle. 5 is a plan view showing a flow passage portion of a gutter member, ie, a cowl center, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

[0021] Prior to describing the front structure of the vehicle, the front body structure will be described first. 1 to 3, a dash lower panel 3 is provided as a dash panel that separates an engine compartment 1 from a passenger compartment 2 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (see FIG. 4). As shown in FIG. 4, the dash lower panel 3 extends in the vehicle width direction, and both left and right ends of the dash lower panel 3 in the vehicle width direction are connected to hinge pillars (not shown).

[0022] The hinge pillar is erected to extend in the vertical direction of the vehicle. This hinge pillar is a vehicle body strength member having a closed cross section extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle, with an inner hinge pillar and an outer hinge pillar joined and fixed together.

[0023] A side sill is provided at the lower end of the hinge pillar and extends rearward from the lower end. This side sill is a vehicle body strength member that has a closed cross section extending in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle and is made by joining and fixing a side sill inner and a side sill outer.

[0024] A front pillar is provided at the upper end of the hinge pillar, extending obliquely rearward and upward from the upper end. This front pillar is a vehicle body strength member that joins and fixes a front pillar inner and a front pillar outer together and has a front pillar closed cross section that extends obliquely rearward and upward of the vehicle.

[0025] As shown in Figures 1 to 4, a front windshield 4 (so-called front windshield glass) is provided in an opening for arranging a front windshield, which is surrounded and formed by a pair of left and right front pillars, a front header located at the front upper part of the vehicle, and a cowl panel.

[0026] Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the dash lower panel 3 is a panel member located at the lower end of the front windshield 4, extending in the vehicle width direction and separating the engine room 1 and the passenger compartment 2 in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

[0027] On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a pair of left and right apron reinforcements 5 are provided at the front upper end portions of the left and right hinge pillars, extending from the front upper end portions toward the front of the vehicle. The above-mentioned apron reinforcement 5 includes a front apron reinforcement 5F and a rear apron reinforcement 5R.

[0028] 1 to 3, a pair of left and right front side frames 6 are provided extending forward of the vehicle from both ends in the vehicle width direction of the dash lower panel 3. The front side frames 6 are located inside the apron reinforcement 5 in the vehicle width direction and below the apron reinforcement 5 in the vehicle up-down direction.

[0029] The front side frame 6 is a vehicle body strength member having a front side frame inner and a front side frame outer joined and fixed together, and having a front side frame closed cross section extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

[0030] As shown in Figures 1 to 3, a suspension tower section 7 is provided which is fixed to the front side frame 6, protrudes upward, and supports the upper part of a damper of a front suspension device (not shown). As shown in Figure 2, this suspension tower section 7 is attached so as to straddle between the front side panel 8a which constitutes the inner surface of the apron reinforcement 5 and the front side frame 6. Here, a strut tower section may be used as the suspension tower section 7. A rear side panel 8b is provided so as to be continuous with the front side panel 8a in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (see FIG. 2).

[0031] At the front end portion of the front side frame 6, a connecting member (not shown) is provided to connect the front end portion and the front portion of the apron reinforcement 5 in the vertical direction of the vehicle.

[0032] Meanwhile, both left and right sides in the vehicle width direction of the engine room 1 are covered by front fender panels (not shown). Also, the upper part of the engine room 1 is covered by an openable and closable hood (not shown).

[0033] Here, the front fender panel is fixed to the apron reinforcement 5 using a plurality of mounting members. The bonnet includes a bonnet outer panel and a bonnet inner panel, and the peripheral edge of the bonnet outer panel is hemmed to integrate the bonnet outer panel and the bonnet inner panel.

[0034] As shown in FIG. 4, an upper bent portion is integrally formed at the upper end of the dash lower panel 3, and an air intake port 3a for taking in air for air conditioning is formed at one end side in the vehicle width direction, which in this embodiment is the right end side in the vehicle width direction.

[0035] A cowl panel with a generally hat-shaped cross section is provided via a dash upper panel at the bent upper end of the dash lower panel 3. A closed cowl cross section extending in the vehicle width direction is formed between the cowl panel and the dash upper panel to improve the rigidity of the cowl portion.

[0036] The front windshield 4 is attached to the upper wall portion of the cowl panel, which slopes low at the front and high at the rear, with an adhesive.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 1, below the front windshield 4 (in this embodiment, below the inclined front windshield 4), there is provided a cowl grille 9 having a two-part structure, left and right, located on the dash lower panel 3 in front of the vehicle.

[0038] As shown in Fig. 1, the cowl grille 9 extends across substantially the entire width of the vehicle. Also, as shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, the cowl grille 9 includes front and rear upper surface portions 9a, 9b, front and rear vertical wall portions 9c, 9d, and a cowl seal mounting portion 9e for mounting a cowl seal (not shown).

[0039] Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, an air intake hole 10 having a mesh structure is formed in the rear upper surface portion 9b of the cowl grille 9 at a position shifted from the middle portion in the vehicle width direction to the right side in the vehicle width direction. The above-mentioned outside air introduction hole 10 is formed at a position spaced apart from the air intake port 3a of the dash lower panel 3 shown in FIG. 4 on the inner side in the vehicle width direction, which is the other end side in the vehicle width direction.

[0040] 1 and 2, a wheelhouse panel 11 is located below the front left side of the cowl grille 9 in the vehicle width direction. A reservoir tank (not shown) as an auxiliary device and a fuse box storage case (not shown) for storing a fuse box as an auxiliary device are arranged on the wheelhouse panel 11, and a cover member 12 (see FIG. 1) that covers the auxiliary devices from above is provided above these auxiliary devices.

[0041] 1 and 2, a wheelhouse panel 13 is located below the front right side of the cowl grille 9 in the vehicle width direction. A battery (not shown) as an auxiliary device and a fuse box storage case (not shown) for storing a fuse box as an auxiliary device are arranged on the wheelhouse panel 13, and a cover member 14 (see FIG. 1) for covering the auxiliary devices from above is provided above the auxiliary devices.

[0042] As shown in Fig. 6, a drainage member 40 is provided below the cowl grille 9 to form a closed cross section 15 extending in the vehicle width direction in cooperation with the cowl grille 9. As shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the drainage member 40 has a drainage path 41 that drains water outward in the vehicle width direction below the front windshield 4.

[0043] 2, cowl centers 20, 21 serving as left and right gutter members are provided at a distance from each other in the middle of the vehicle width direction below the front windshield 4. These cowl centers 20, 21 are rain gutter members that catch water dripping from the front windshield 4. The left and right cowl centers 20, 21 are both provided within the closed cross section 15 between the cowl grille 9 and the drainage member 40 (see FIG. 6).

[0044] 3 to 7 show only the cowl center 21 on the right side of the vehicle, but the left and right cowl centers 20, 21 are provided to extend from the front wall of the cowl panel toward the front of the vehicle. The cowl center 20 on the left side of the vehicle is provided immediately behind the wiper motor (electrical component), not shown.

[0045] 6 and 7, reference numeral 16 denotes an upper cowl rain extending from the upper dash panel toward the front of the vehicle, and reference numeral 17 denotes a lower cowl rain extending from the top of the lower dash panel 3 toward the front of the vehicle. 6 and 7, 22 is a first insulator that covers the front portion of the cowl rain lower 17 and the front portion of the dash lower panel 3, and 23 is a second insulator that covers at least the front portion of the drainage member 40 from below.

[0046] Furthermore, 24 and 25 shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4 are partition walls, and these left and right partition walls 24 and 25 separate the hot zone in front of the vehicle from the cool zone behind the partition walls 24 and 25.

[0047] Each of these partition walls 24, 25 includes a partition portion 25a extending in the vertical direction and upper wall portions 24b, 25b formed integrally with the upper end of the partition portion 25a, and the inner ends of the upper wall portions 24b, 25b in the vehicle width direction are connected and fixed to the end of the drainage member 40 in the vehicle width direction using attachment members 26. The outer ends of the upper wall portions 24b, 25b in the vehicle width direction are connected and fixed to the upper surface of the apron reinforcement front 5F using attachment members 27.

[0048] As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the cowl center 21 on the right side of the vehicle is located above the drainage member 40 and below the front windshield 4. The cowl center 21 described above is configured as shown in FIGS.

[0049] That is, it has a bottom wall 21a extending in the vehicle width direction, a front wall 21b rising upward from the front part of the bottom wall 21a, a rear wall 21c extending rearward and upward from the rear part of the bottom wall 21a, an inner wall 21d rising upward from the front part of the inner end of the bottom wall 21a in the vehicle width direction, and an outer wall 21e rising upward from the outer end of the bottom wall 21a in the vehicle width direction.

[0050] The cowl center 21 also has a flow path 28 that receives water dripping from the front windshield 4 and directs it in the vehicle width direction. As shown by the dotted line in Fig. 5, this flow path 28 is formed in front of the bottom wall 21a and immediately behind the front wall 21b across the entire width of the cowl center 21 in the vehicle width direction.

[0051] A drainage section 29 is provided on the inner side of the flow path section 28 in the vehicle width direction, which drains water into a drainage member 40. Also, a drainage section 30 is provided on the outer side of the flow path section 28 in the vehicle width direction, which drains water downward.

[0052] As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the above-mentioned drainage sections 29, 30 are provided at positions spaced apart from the air intake port 3a of the dash lower panel 3 in the vehicle width direction. In short, the front structure of the vehicle described above comprises a drainage member 40 having a drainage path 41 that drains water outward in the vehicle width direction below the front windshield 4, and a cowl center 21 serving as a gutter member located above the drainage member 40 and below the front windshield 4, and the cowl center 21 has a flow path section 28 that receives water dripping from the front windshield 4 and flows it in the vehicle width direction, and a drainage section 29 that drains the water into the drainage member 40 on the vehicle width inside of the flow path section 28.

[0053] Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the flow path portion 28 is provided so that at least a portion thereof overlaps with the drainage path 41 of the drainage member 40 in a plan view of the vehicle. Additionally, the cowl center 21 has a plurality of guide portions 31, 32, 33 that guide water dripping from the drain portion 29 to the drain path 41 (see FIGS. 4, 6, and 7). Each of these guide portions 31, 32, 33 is made of a shock absorbing material that absorbs at least the impact load in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and a foamed resin material is used as the shock absorbing material.

[0054] In this way, by providing the guide sections 31, 32, and 33, water is prevented from entering areas other than the drainage path 41, and by constructing the guide sections 31, 32, and 33 from cushioning material, even if the cushioning material comes into contact with the drainage member 40 during a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian, the impact on the object being hit is reduced by absorbing the collision load.

[0055] In short, the structure is designed to prevent water from entering areas of the drainage member 40 other than the drainage path 41, and to prevent the drainage member 40 and the cowl center 21 from being pushed out in the event of a vehicle collision.

[0056] On the other hand, the above-mentioned drainage member 40 extends in the vehicle width direction as shown in Figures 2 and 4, and as shown in the figures, this drainage member 40 has a top deck portion 42 located above, at a position that overlaps with the outside air introduction hole 10 (see Figure 1) when viewed from above the vehicle. On the longitudinal sides of the drainage member 40, that is, on both the left and right sides of the top deck portion 42 of the drainage member 40, inclined portions 43, 44 are formed which are inclined downward toward the outer sides in the vehicle width direction.

[0057] As shown in FIG. 3, the drainage portion 29 at the cowl center 21 on the right side of the vehicle is provided at approximately the same position as the top deck portion 42 of the drainage member 40 in the vehicle width direction. This reduces the vertical distance between the drainage section 29 of the cowl center 21 and the top deck section 42 of the drainage member 40, and by draining water from the drainage section 29 of the cowl center 21 to the top deck section 42 of the drainage member 40, which is located at a small vertical distance, splashes are less likely to occur.

[0058] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 6, at a position where the drainage member 40 faces the drainage section 29 in the vertical direction (the cross-sectional position of line AA in Figure 2), the drainage member 40 has a length in the vehicle fore-and-aft direction that is positioned further forward from the lower inclined end of the front windshield 4 to the mounting flange portion 9f at the lower end of the vertical wall portion 9c of the cowl grille 9.

[0059] As shown in Figures 6 and 7, the top deck portion 42 of the above-mentioned drainage member 40 is provided with a vertical wall portion 45 that forms the front end of the drainage path 41 and extends in the vertical direction, and this vertical wall portion 45 and the above-mentioned flow path portion 28 are arranged to overlap when viewed from above the vehicle.

[0060] As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the vertical wall portion 45 is formed at the front end of the drainage path 41 across the entire width of the top deck portion 42 in the vehicle width direction. This allows the vertical wall portion 45 to form an appropriate drainage path 41, and this vertical wall portion 45 extends in the vertical direction and is close to the flow path portion 28.However, since the guide portions 31, 32, and 33 are made of cushioning material, even if the vertical wall portion 45 comes into contact with the flow path portion 28 via the guide portions 31, 32, and 33 during a collision, the collision load is absorbed, thereby reducing the input to the colliding object.

[0061] As shown in Fig. 6, the flow path portion 28 has a front wall 28a and a rear wall 28b and is formed with a substantially U-shaped cross section in a side view of the vehicle. The front wall 28a of the flow path portion 28 is continuous with the front wall 21b of the cowl center 21. The rear wall 28b of the flow path portion 28 is continuous with the bottom wall 21a of the cowl center 21 as shown in Fig. 5.

[0062] As shown in FIG. 6, a hole 29A serving as the drainage section 29 is formed behind the flow path section 28, that is, in the rear wall 28b of the flow path section 28. The guide portions 31, 32, 33 include a hole-side guide portion 31 that is provided so as to incline downward from the lower end of the hole 29A toward the rear of the vehicle. In this way, by providing the hole side guide portion 31, drainage from the hole 29A to the drainage path 41 is ensured, and since the hole side guide portion 31 acts as a cushioning material, it is also configured to absorb impact loads in the vertical direction.

[0063] Here, the lower end of the hole-side guide portion 31 is provided so as to overlap the drainage path 41 in a plan view of the vehicle (see FIG. 6). In this way, by overlapping the lower end of the hole side guide portion 31 with the drainage path 41, water that has once been absorbed by the hole side guide portion 31 or that has adhered to the hole side guide portion 31 and drips down is reliably dripped from the lower end of the hole side guide portion 31 into the drainage path 41, thereby more reliably preventing water from entering areas other than the drainage path 41.

[0064] As shown in Figures 4 and 7, the above-mentioned guide portions 31, 32, 33 include intake port side guide portions 32, 33 that are provided on the intake port 3a side of the dash lower panel 3 in the vehicle width direction of the hole portion 29A and at the bottom of the flow path portion 28 along an approximately U-shaped cross section.

[0065] As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, two intake port side guide portions 32, 33 are provided spaced apart in the vehicle width direction, but the intake port side guide portions 32, 33 may be a single portion or three or more portions.

[0066] When water droplets dripping from hole 29A (see FIG. 6) are sucked out by the wind from intake port 3a and flow in the vehicle width direction while carrying droplets, the wind carrying the droplets hits the wall surfaces of intake port side guide parts 32, 33 in the vehicle width direction and drips accurately along intake port side guide parts 32, 33 into drainage path 41. In this way, the intake port side guide parts 32, 33 are configured to guide the droplets sucked into intake port 3a from hole 29A into drainage path 41.

[0067] The above-mentioned guide portions 31, 32, 33 are made of a shock absorbing material such as a foamed resin material to absorb shock loads in the vertical direction, thereby forming a shock absorbing material with a simple structure. In the figure, arrow F indicates the front of the vehicle, arrow R indicates the rear of the vehicle, arrow IN indicates the inside in the vehicle width direction, arrow OUT indicates the outside in the vehicle width direction, and arrow UP indicates the top of the vehicle.

[0068] As described above, the front structure of the vehicle according to this embodiment comprises a drainage member 40 having a drainage path 41 that drains water outward in the vehicle width direction below the front windshield 4, and a gutter member (cowl center 21) located above the drainage member 40 and below the front windshield 4, the gutter member (cowl center 21) having a flow path section 28 that receives water dripping from the front windshield 4 and flows it in the vehicle width direction, and a drainage section 29 that drains the water into the drainage member 40 on the inner side of the flow path section 28 in the vehicle width direction, the flow path section 28 being arranged so that at least a portion of it overlaps with the drainage path 41 when viewed from above the vehicle, the gutter member (cowl center 21) having guide sections 31, 32, 33 that guide water dripping from the drainage section 29 to the drainage path 41, and the guide sections 31, 32, 33 are made of cushioning material that absorbs at least vertical impact loads (see Figures 6 and 7).

[0069] According to such a front structure of the vehicle, by providing the guide portions 31, 32, 33, it is possible to prevent water from entering areas other than the drainage path 41, and by constructing the guide portions 31, 32, 33 from cushioning material, even if the cushioning material comes into contact with the drainage member 40 in the event of a collision between the vehicle and a pedestrian, it is possible to absorb the collision load, thereby reducing the input to the colliding object.

[0070] In short, it is possible to prevent water from entering parts of the drainage member 40 other than the drainage path 41, and to prevent the drainage member 40 and the gutter member (cowl center 21) from being stretched out in the event of a vehicle collision.

[0071] In addition, in the front structure of such a vehicle, the flow path section 28 has an approximately U-shaped cross section when viewed from the side of the vehicle, and is provided with a hole section 29A serving as the drainage section 29 behind the flow path section 28, and the guide sections 31, 32, and 33 are provided with a hole-side guide section 31 that is inclined downward from the lower end of the hole section 29A toward the rear of the vehicle (see Figure 6).

[0072] According to such a front structure of the vehicle, since the hole-side guide portion 31 is provided, drainage from the hole 29A to the drainage path 41 is ensured, and since the hole-side guide portion 31 is a cushioning material, it is also possible to absorb impact loads in the vertical direction.

[0073] Furthermore, in this vehicle front structure, the lower end of the hole-side guide portion 31 is provided so as to overlap the drainage path 41 in a plan view of the vehicle (see FIG. 6). According to this type of front structure of the vehicle, the lower end of the hole side guide portion 31 overlaps with the drainage path 41, so that water that has once been absorbed by the hole side guide portion 31 or that has adhered to the hole side guide portion and drips down is reliably dripped from the lower end of the hole side guide portion 31 into the drainage path 41, making it possible to more reliably prevent water from entering areas other than the drainage path 41.

[0074] Furthermore, in such a vehicle front structure, an intake port 3a for taking in air for air conditioning is formed at one end side of the dash panel (dash lower panel 3) in the vehicle width direction, and the guide portions 31, 32, 33 include intake port side guide portions 32, 33 that are provided on the intake port 3a side of the hole portion 29A in the vehicle width direction and below the flow path portion 28 along a substantially U-shaped cross section (see Figures 4 and 7).

[0075] According to this vehicle front structure, when water droplets dripping from hole 29A are sucked out by the wind from intake port 3a and flow in the vehicle width direction while carrying droplets, the wind carrying the droplets hits the wall surfaces of intake port-side guide parts 32, 33 in the vehicle width direction and drips accurately along intake port-side guide parts 32, 33 into drainage path 41. In this way, the droplets sucked into intake port 3a from hole 29A can be guided to drainage path 41.

[0076] In addition, in such a vehicle front structure, the buffer material is made of a foamed resin material (see FIGS. 6 and 7). According to such a vehicle front structure, the buffer material can be formed with a simple structure.

[0077] Furthermore, the front structure of such a vehicle is provided with a vertical wall portion 45 that forms the front or rear end of the drainage path 41 and extends in the vertical direction, and the vertical wall portion 45 and the flow path portion 28 are arranged to overlap when viewed from above the vehicle (see Figures 6 and 7).

[0078] According to such a front structure of the vehicle, an appropriate drainage path 41 can be formed by the vertical wall portion 45, and this vertical wall portion 45 extends in the vertical direction and is close to the flow path portion 28. However, since the guide portions 31, 32, 33 are made of cushioning material, even if the vertical wall portion 45 comes into contact with the flow path portion 28 via the guide portions 31, 32, 33 during a collision, the collision load can be absorbed, thereby reducing the input to the object that is hit.

[0079] In the configuration of this invention and the correspondence with the above-mentioned embodiment, The dash panel of the present invention corresponds to the dash lower panel 3 of the embodiment, Similarly, The gutter member corresponds to the cowl center 21, The guide portion corresponds to the hole side guide portion 31 and the intake port side guide portions 32 and 33. The present invention is not limited to the configurations of the above-described embodiments. [Industrial Applicability]

[0080] As described above, the present invention is useful for a front structure of a vehicle that includes a drainage member having a drainage path that drains water outward in the vehicle width direction below the front windshield, and a gutter member located above the drainage member and below the front windshield. [Explanation of symbols]

[0081] 3...Dash lower panel (dash panel) 3a...Air intake 4...Front windshield 21...Cowl center (gutter member) 28...Flow path section 29…Drainage section 29A…hole 31...Hole side guide portion (guide portion) 32, 33...Intake port side guide section (guide section) 40...Drainage member 41...Drainage route 45...Vertical wall part

Claims

1. a drainage member having a drainage path that drains water outward in the vehicle width direction below the front windshield; a gutter member located above the drainage member and below the front windshield, The gutter member has a flow path portion that receives water dripping from the front windshield and flows the water in the vehicle width direction; a drainage portion that drains the water into the drainage member on an inner side of the flow path portion in the vehicle width direction, The flow path portion is provided so as to overlap at least a portion with the drainage path in a plan view of the vehicle, The gutter member has a guide portion that guides water dripping from the drainage portion to the drainage path, The guide portion is made of a buffer material that absorbs impact loads at least in the vertical direction, The flow path portion has a substantially U-shaped cross section in a side view of the vehicle, and includes a hole portion serving as the drainage portion at the rear of the flow path portion, The guide portion is characterized in that it includes a hole-side guide portion that is provided inclined downward from the lower end of the hole toward the rear of the vehicle. Front structure of the vehicle.

2. A lower end of the hole-side guide portion is provided so as to overlap with the drainage path in a plan view of the vehicle. The front structure of a vehicle according to claim 1.

3. An intake port for taking in air for air conditioning is formed at one end side of the dash panel in the vehicle width direction, and the guide portion includes an intake port side guide portion that is provided along a substantially U-shaped cross section on the intake port side of the hole in the vehicle width direction and below the flow path portion. The front structure of a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The cushioning material is made of foam resin material. The vehicle front structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. A vertical wall portion that forms a front end or a rear end of the drainage path and extends in the up-down direction is provided, The vertical wall portion and the flow path portion are provided so as to overlap each other in a plan view of the vehicle. The front structure of a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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