Motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10173737-B2
Application number	US-201715726401-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2017
Priority date	Oct 12, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement includes a spoiler wing movable between a retracted inoperative position and an extended working position; a supporting body structure that defines a body recess; a recess cover that at least partially closes the body recess; and a support arrangement configured to support the spoiler wing (in its inoperative position on the recess cover. The support arrangement includes an elastic buffer element on a lower side of the spoiler wing, a support surface on an upper side of the recess cover, wherein the buffer element rests in the inoperative position on the support surface, and a separate supporting body arranged in the body recess and that supports a lower side of the recess cover in a region of the support surface on the body structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement, comprising:
a spoiler wing movable between a retracted inoperative position and an extended working position;
a supporting body structure that defines a body recess;
a recess cover that at least partially closes the body recess; and
a support arrangement configured to support the spoiler wing in its inoperative position on the recess cover,
wherein the support arrangement includes:
an elastic buffer element on a lower side of the spoiler wing,
a support surface on an upper side of the recess cover, wherein the buffer element rests in the inoperative position on the support surface, and
a separate supporting body arranged in the body recess and that supports a lower side of the recess cover in a region of the support surface on the body structure.

2. The motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the recess cover is formed from a plastics cover body, and
wherein a supporting body receptacle into which a supporting body head can be inserted is located on the lower side of the recess cover.

3. The motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the supporting body receptacle is formed by a thin-walled cage having a wall thickness of at most 0.8 times a wall thickness of the recess cover.

4. The motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the supporting body receptacle is undercut in such a manner that the supporting body head is fixed in a proximal and distal direction by the supporting body receptacle.

5. The motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the buffer element is formed by a separate buffer body which plugs in a plug-in opening of the spoiler wing.

6. The motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the supporting surface of the supporting body head is larger than an impact surface of the buffer element.

7. The motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support surface is formed by a smooth distal surface of the recess cover.

8. The motor vehicle rear spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supporting body consists of a fiber-reinforced plastics body.

Assignees

• Porsche Ag

Inventors

• Weiss Thomas

Classifications

• B62D35/007 Primary

  Rear spoilers (B62D35/001 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D29/048

  Connections therefor, e.g. joints (B62D29/045 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D29/043

  Superstructures (B62D25/161 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02T10/82

  Elements for improving aerodynamics · CPC title