A bodywork for a motor vehicle includes a frame to fix and surround a windshield of the motor vehicle, wherein the frame comprises a crossbar to constitute a support base for the windshield, and a pair of uprights respectively fixed at opposite ends of the crossbar so as to form an area with a closed contour for placing the windshield, wherein the crossbar comprises a first wall facing away from the opposite side to said area, and wherein a duct extends through the crossbar between a first opening obtained on a second wall of the crossbar and a second opening obtained on the first wall.

A vehicle body joint structure includes: a frame member made of a metal pipe, extending from a side of a vehicle body to be inclined vertically, and configured to form a front pillar; and a body member made of a plastic composite material, including a dash connection part and a cowl connection part, joined to the frame member, and configured to cover the frame member.

A vehicle front structure includes: a pair of front side members disposed on the front of the vehicle; a pair of damper housings connected to the pair of front side members, respectively; and a connection member connecting the pair of front side members and the pair of damper housings.

In accordance with an embodiment, a vehicle body structure includes: a roof side rail; a front pillar connected to the roof side rail; a cowl member connected to the front pillar, and extending in a width direction of a vehicle; a cowl cross bar located below the cowl member, connected to the front pillar, and extending in the width direction of the vehicle; and a connection bracket connecting the front pillar, the cowl member, and the cowl cross bar.

A vehicle cowl structure includes a cowl body, a cowl panel, an air outlet, and a chamber. The cowl body has a recessed shape with an upper opening facing a vehicle upper side when viewed in a longitudinal direction thereof. The cowl panel closes the upper opening of the cowl body and has an outside air inlet. The outside air inlet allows outside air to be introduced into the cowl body. The air outlet is disposed in the cowl body and allows air inside the cowl body to be discharged toward a vehicle interior. The chamber has a hollow interior, is provided in a bottom part of the cowl body, and is disposed between the outside air inlet and the air outlet in a vehicle width direction. The chamber includes a blocking wall, a chamber-side drainage outlet, and a communication port. The blocking wall has a water inlet.

A vehicle cowl structure includes a cowl body, a cowl panel, an air outlet, and a gas-liquid separation mechanism. The cowl body has a recessed shape with an upper opening when viewed in a longitudinal direction thereof. The cowl panel closes the upper opening of the cowl body, and has an outside air inlet. The outside air inlet allows outside air to be introduced into the cowl body. The air outlet allows air inside the cowl body to be discharged toward a vehicle interior. The gas-liquid separation mechanism is disposed between the outside air inlet and the air outlet and allows the air and liquid inside the cowl body to be separated from each other. The gas-liquid separation mechanism includes a lower blocker, an upper blocker, and an air suction part. The air suction part allows the air inside the cowl body to be drawn out.

A fire extinguishing apparatus for a vehicle is provided, which is capable of quickly and easily extinguishing, at an initial time, a fire that occurs in an engine compartment of a vehicle by injecting a fire extinguishing fluid into the engine compartment from the outside of the engine compartment when the fire occurs in the engine compartment of the vehicle. The fire extinguishing apparatus for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a cowl assembly provided at a boundary between the outside and an engine compartment that defines an internal space of a vehicle, and configured to divide the outside from the engine compartment; and a fire extinguishing pipe coupled to the cowl assembly to allow the engine compartment to communicate with the outside, in which an inlet portion of the fire extinguishing pipe, of which at least one end is exposed to the outside, is connected to a fire extinguisher having therein a fire extinguishing material, and an outlet portion of the fire extinguishing pipe, which is partially exposed into the engine compartment, guides the fire extinguishing material discharged from the fire extinguisher so that the fire extinguishing material is injected into the engine compartment.

A plenum assembly for a vehicle includes a plenum body, a plenum grid coupled to the plenum body, the plenum grid including a grid surface having a plurality of grid openings and a separation member extending from the grid surface toward the plenum body, and a vent port including a side surface extending from the plenum body and a domed surface formed integrally with the side surface, the vent port including an edge defining a vent port opening in the side surface such that a flow of air passes through the vent port and through the plurality of grid openings in the grid surface.

A cowl cross bar assembly with a reduced weight and an increased stiffness and a method of manufacturing a pipe of the cowl cross bar assembly. The cowl cross bar assembly includes a pipe disposed laterally inside a chassis and a winding material which is wound at different winding ratios around a surface of a first section of the pipe which needs stiffness and a surface of a second section of the pipe which needs flexibility. The method includes transferring, by a transfer device, a pipe disposed laterally inside a chassis to a winding device and winding, by the winding device, a winding material around only a surface of a section of the pipe which needs stiffness.

A cowl cross bar assembly with a reduced weight and an increased stiffness. The cowl cross bar assembly includes a first pipe and a second pipe that are hollow and disposed laterally inside a chassis, a dash mounting member disposed between both ends of the first pipe, and a stiffener accommodated in an internal space of the dash mounting member and configured to absorb collision energy generated in a collision of a vehicle.