MOTOR VEHICLE BODY PROVIDED WITH A STRUCTURE FOR RECEIVING AND DRAINING WATER

摘要

A motor vehicle body is provided with a substantially vertical wall, which separates a lower zone of the passenger compartment from the engine compartment, and with a structure for receiving and draining water; such a structure protrudes forward into the engine compartment from an upper end of the substantially vertical wall and has an upper crosspiece shaped so as to define a manifold for receiving water; the upper crosspiece has a perforated intermediate portion and two opposite end portions provided with respective openings for draining water into drain passages; the structure further has a reinforcing crosspiece, which is arranged underneath the perforated intermediate portion for receiving some of the water and is shaped so as to define a channel which is elongated in the transversal direction so as to divert the water sideways and outwards.

主权项

1. Body of a motor vehicle having a front engine compartment, a passenger compartment and two front wheelhouses; the body comprising:
a substantially vertical wall which separates a lower zone of said passenger compartment from said engine compartment; a structure for receiving and draining water; said structure protruding forward into said engine compartment from an upper end of said substantially vertical wall and comprising an upper crosspiece, which is adapted to be arranged below a windshield of the motor vehicle and is shaped so as to define a first channel, adapted to receive the water which slides down from said windshield towards said engine compartment and elongated in the transversal direction so as to divert the water sideways and outwards; said upper crosspiece comprising an intermediate portion and two opposite end portions; said end portions defining respective openings for draining water into respective drain passages; a reinforcing crosspiece arranged underneath said upper crosspiece;characterized in that said intermediate portion has at least one hole to allow some of the water to fall from said first channel; andsaid reinforcing crosspiece forms part of said structure and defines a second channel, which is arranged underneath said hole and is elongated in the transversal direction so as to divert the water sideways and outwards.