IP Library Granted Patent US 12,420,627
Granted Patent B2
US 12,420,627 · App. 18/214,723 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Vehicle

Inventor: Keisuke Kondoh (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K11/08
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Patent No.
US 12,420,627
App. No.
18/214,723
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a grille opening through which cooling air is introduced; a radiator air guide duct that guides cooling air introduced from the grille opening to a radiator; and a left brake duct that is connected to both ends of the radiator air guide duct in the vehicle width direction and guides a part of the flowing cooling air toward the brake of the front wheel, wherein the vehicle includes a backflow suppression plate protruding from a center side plate of the left brake duct toward the inside of the left brake duct.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a grille opening that is provided in a center of a design panel in a vehicle width direction at a front end of the vehicle and that introduces cooling air;

a radiator air guide duct that guides the cooling air introduced from the grille opening to a radiator;

a brake duct that is connected to each end of the radiator air guide duct in the vehicle width direction and that guides a part of the cooling air flowing into the radiator air guide duct toward a brake of a front wheel; and

a backflow suppression plate configured to:

protrude from a center side plate of the brake duct or a rear plate of the radiator air guide duct toward an inner side of the brake duct; and

suppress hot air after passing through the radiator from flowing back through the brake duct and from flowing toward an upstream side of the radiator.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the backflow suppression plate is attached to the center side plate; and

the backflow suppression plate is inclined such that a tip of the backflow suppression plate is separated from the center side plate toward a downstream side of the brake duct.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the backflow suppression plate is attached to the rear plate of the radiator air guide duct;

the backflow suppression plate protrudes from a connecting portion between the rear plate and the center side plate to the inner side of the brake duct toward a downstream side of the brake duct; and

the backflow suppression plate is inclined with respect to the center side plate such that a tip of the backflow suppression plate is separated from the center side plate toward the downstream side of the brake duct.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: KONDOH, KEISUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-140669 · Sep 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240075805A1 · Mar 7, 2024
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