DUCT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE

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DUCT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18738331 titled 'DUCT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE

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A duct structure of a vehicle includes: a duct having an air intake port opening toward an interior of the vehicle; and a sound absorbing member disposed in the duct, the duct has a bottom wall portion, the sound absorbing member is disposed to leave a gap between an inner surface of the bottom wall portion and the sound absorbing member, the inner surface of the bottom wall portion has a portion facing the gap and including a flow path forming portion forming a flow path portion and a reservoir forming portion forming a reservoir portion where liquid flowing through the flow path portion is stored, a distance between the reservoir forming portion and the sound 10 absorbing member is larger than a distance between the flow path forming portion and the sound absorbing member, and a step is formed between the reservoir forming portion and the flow path forming portion.