Cowl structure for an automobile

摘要

A cowl structure for an automobile that may both impede movements of air and guide moisture in a cowl portion, even with a small number of components. Plural screen plates and a guide plate are disposed inside the cowl portion. The screen plate and screen plate impede movements of air in the cowl portion. The guide plate guides water inside the cowl portion to a vehicle forward side thereof. The screen plate and screen plate are joined by the guide plate.

主权项

1. A cowl structure for an automobile, the cowl structure comprising:
a guide plate that is disposed in a cowl portion of a vehicle and guides at least liquid that ingresses into the cowl portion through a cowl louver toward a vehicle forward side; and a plurality of screen plates that are provided standing inside the cowl portion, that impede movement in a vehicle width direction of air that enters from a power plant compartment, and that are joined by the guide plate, at least one of an upper side portion or a lower side portion of each screen plate, relative to a boundary with the guide plate, being an inclined portion that is inclined from a vertical direction, wherein the inclined portion includes:
an upper inclined portion at an upper side relative to a region of the boundary; anda lower inclined portion at a lower side relative to the region of the boundary, the lower inclined portion being inclined in a different direction from the upper inclined portion, and a low-stiffness portion, at which the screen plate is locally low in stiffness, is provided between the upper inclined portion and the lower inclined portion.