Front-end structure of a vehicle
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1. A front-end structure of a vehicle:
- having a panel body that is fixed to a body of a vehicle at a front end of the vehicle and to which at least a radiator is attached;
wherein;
the front-end structure comprises a fan which is attached to said panel body and supplies cooling air to said radiator, and a driving means that is disposed in a position, in said panel body, deviated from the rotation center of said fan and rotates said fan via a belt;
said panel body is made of metal; and
said panel body is provided with a cooling air inlet for conducting cooling air to said driving means, said driving means is an electric motor.
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A front-end structure comprising a panel body (400) to which a center member (500), being fixed to a body of a vehicle at a front end of the vehicle and supporting, at least, a driving engine (E/G), is joined, wherein the panel body (400) is molded out of aluminum by die-casting and a joining section (421) of the panel body (400) to which the center member (500) is joined has a mechanical strength higher than that of any other sections of the panel body (400) near the joining section (421) except the joining section (421).
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1. A front-end structure of a vehicle:
- having a panel body that is fixed to a body of a vehicle at a front end of the vehicle and to which at least a radiator is attached;
wherein;the front-end structure comprises a fan which is attached to said panel body and supplies cooling air to said radiator, and a driving means that is disposed in a position, in said panel body, deviated from the rotation center of said fan and rotates said fan via a belt;
said panel body is made of metal; and
said panel body is provided with a cooling air inlet for conducting cooling air to said driving means, said driving means is an electric motor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
said panel body is molded out of aluminum by die-casting; and
a joining section, of said panel body, to which said center member is joined, has a mechanical strength higher than that of any other section of said panel body near said joining section except said joining section.
- having a panel body that is fixed to a body of a vehicle at a front end of the vehicle and to which at least a radiator is attached;
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9. A front-end structure of claim 1, comprising the panel body to which a center member, being fixed to a body of a vehicle at a front end of the vehicle and supporting, at least, a driving engine, is joined, wherein:
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said panel body comprises;
an upper beam that is disposed at a top of the panel body and extends in a horizontal direction;
a lower beam that is disposed at a bottom of the panel body, extends in a horizontal direction, and is provided with a joining section to which said center member is joined; and
pillars that extend upwards and downwards to join said upper and lower beams; and
said upper and lower beams and said pillars are integrally molded out of aluminum by die-casting; and
said joining section has a mechanical strength higher than that of any other section of said lower beam except said joining section.
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10. A front-end structure of claim 7, wherein:
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said panel body comprises;
an upper beam that is disposed at a top of the panel body and extends in a horizontal direction;
a lower beam that is disposed at a bottom of the panel body, extends in a horizontal direction, and is provided with a joining section to which said center member is joined;
pillars that extend upwards and downwards to join said upper and lower beams; and
a shroud that prevents the cooling air from detouring the radiator; and
said cooling air inlet is formed in the upper beam, and said exhaust outlet is formed in the shrouds.
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11. The front-end structure of claim 8, wherein the mechanical strength of said joining section is enhanced by increasing the thickness of said joining section.
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12. The front-end structure of claim 8, wherein the mechanical strength of said joining section is enhanced by providing reinforcing ribs.
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13. The front-end structure of a vehicle of claim 8, wherein said panel body has integrally-molded shrouds for preventing, by covering the clearance between a radiator of said vehicle and at least a fan for supplying cooling air to said radiator, that air flow induced by said at least a fan detours around said radiator.
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