VEHICLE FLOW-REGULATING STRUCTURE

• US 20160236725A1
• Filed: 01/15/2016
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: SHIRAI, Yasuhiro
• Application Number:
  US14/996,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20160236725A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 29/008 predominantly of light alloys, e.g. extruded
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 35/00 Vehicle bodies characterised by streamlining

Abstract

A vehicle flow-regulating structure includes a surrounding information detection section that is provided on a roof of a vehicle and that detects surrounding information of the vehicle, and a roof visor (a flow-regulating means) that is provided on the roof and that regulates airflow at the surrounding information detection section while the vehicle is travelling.

Claims

1. A vehicle flow-regulating structure comprising:

a surrounding information detection section that is provided on a roof of a vehicle and that detects surrounding information of the vehicle; and

a flow-regulating means that is provided on the roof and that regulates airflow at the surrounding information detection section while the vehicle is travelling.

2. The vehicle flow-regulating structure of claim 1, wherein

the flow-regulating means is provided at a vehicle front side of the surrounding information detection section, or in a vicinity of the vehicle front side of the surrounding information detection section, and is a roof visor that extends diagonally upward toward a vehicle rear side.

3. The vehicle flow-regulating structure of claim 2, wherein

at least one of a length of the roof visor, or an angle of the roof visor with respect to a horizontal direction, in a vehicle side view is variable.

4. The vehicle flow-regulating structure of claim 2, wherein

the lower end of the roof visor is positioned further to the vehicle front than the surrounding information detection section, and

an upper portion of the roof visor is disposed so as to overlap part of the surrounding information detection section in vehicle side view.

5. The vehicle flow-regulating structure of claim 2, wherein

the roof visor is disposed in close proximity to the vehicle front side of the surrounding information detection section, to a degree that does not overlap the surrounding information detection section in vehicle side view.

6. The vehicle flow-regulating structure of claim 1, wherein

at least part of the surrounding information detection section is incorporated in the flow-regulating means.

7. The vehicle flow-regulating structure of claim 1, wherein

a wire harness extending from the surrounding information detection section is passed through a wire harness passage section provided at the roof.