FRONT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20160016617A1
• Filed: 07/09/2015
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag
• Original Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Wolf, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 9,694,858 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/04 Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds B60K11/085 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/085 with adjustable shutters or blinds
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 37/02 by aerodynamic means
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/88 Optimized components or subsystems, e.g. lighting, actively controlled glasses

Abstract

The invention relates to a front (1) of a motor vehicle (2) having an air inlet opening (5) and a first air duct (8) which emanates from the air inlet opening (5) and in which a heat exchanger (10) is arranged, through which air can flow, having a second air duct (9) which emanates from the air inlet opening (5) and is arranged adjacently with respect to the first air duct (8) and guides an air flow into the wheel arch (3) or to the side of the wheel arch (3), an air flow control apparatus (16, 19) being provided which controls the air flow through the first air duct (8) and/or through the second air duct (9).

Claims

1. A front of a motor vehicle comprising:

an air inlet opening;

first and second air ducts that emanate from the air inlet opening for accommodating a flow of air, the first and second air ducts being substantially adjacent at locations adjacent the air inlet opening, the second air duct guiding an air flow into the wheel arch or to the side of the wheel arch;

a heat exchanger in the first air duct; and

an air flow control apparatus controlling air flow through the first and second air ducts.

2. The front of claim 1, wherein the air flow control apparatus is arranged in the air inlet opening and controls the air flow through the first air duct and/or through the second air duct.

3. The front of claim 1, wherein the air flow control apparatus is arranged at a transition from the air inlet opening to the first and/or to the second air duct and controls the air flow through the first air duct and/or through the second air duct.

4. The front of claim 1, wherein the air flow control apparatus is arranged in the first and/or in the second air duct and controls air flow through the first air duct and/or through the second air duct.

5. The front of claim 1, wherein the air flow control apparatus is connected upstream of the heat exchanger in an air flow direction.

6. The front of claim 1, wherein the air flow control apparatus is connected downstream of the heat exchanger in the air flow direction.

7. The front of claim 1, wherein the air flow control apparatus has flaps or slats that can be moved, displaced or rotated to control the air flow.

8. The front of claim 1, wherein control elements that can be controlled jointly or independently of one another are arranged in one of the first or second air ducts or upstream of at least one of the first and second air ducts.

9. The front of claim 1, wherein control elements that can be controlled jointly or independently of one another are arranged in the first and/or in the second air duct or upstream of the first and/or upstream of the second air duct.

10. The front of claim 1, wherein the first air duct opens into the wheel arch.

11. The front of claim 1, wherein the second air duct opens into the wheel arch.

12. The front of claim 1, wherein the second air duct opens on a side of the vehicle body in front of the wheel arch.