Wind deflector having a fastening system for an unfoldable deflector element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10406901-B2
Application number	US-201515745768-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2015
Priority date	Aug 7, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A wind deflector for a vehicle roof having a displaceable cover element. The wind deflector can have an unfoldable deflector element made of a flat flexible material and whose lower edge portion can be fastened to a vehicle-mounted base via a lower edge strip and whose upper edge portion is fastened to a pivotable deploying bow via an upper edge strip. The lower edge strip and the vehicle-mounted base and/or the upper edge strip and the deploying bow can form a respective fastening system. The fastening system may have a fixing rib on one side and an arrangement of tabs attached to the fixing rib on the other side, the arrangement of tabs being formed by locking tabs and support tabs alternating along the fixing rib, the locking tabs and the support tabs being in contact with the fixing rib on sides facing away from each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wind deflector for a vehicle roof capable of being opened and having a displaceable cover element, the wind deflector, comprising: an unfoldable deflector element which is made of a flat flexible material and whose lower edge portion is connected to a vehicle-mounted base via a lower edge strip and whose upper edge portion is fastened to a pivotable deploying bow via an upper edge strip, the lower edge strip lower edge strip and the vehicle-mounted base and/or the upper edge strip and the deploying bow forming a respective fastening system, wherein the fastening system comprises a fixing rib on one side and an arrangement of tabs attached to the fixing rib on the other side, the arrangement of tabs being formed along the fixing rib by alternating locking tabs and support tabs, the locking tabs and the support tabs being in contact with the fixing rib on lateral sides of the fixing rib facing away from each other.

2. The wind deflector according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing rib is disposed on the vehicle-mounted base and the arrangement of tabs is disposed on the lower edge strip of the deflector element.

3. The wind deflector according to claim 1 , wherein each locking tab has a locking nose that engages into a respective corresponding locking opening of the fixing rib.

4. The wind deflector according to claim 1 , wherein each locking tab has a locking opening that engages into a respective five corresponding locking nose of the fixing rib.

5. The wind deflector according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing rib has seats for the locking tabs and for the support tabs that alternate in the longitudinal direction of the fixing rib.

6. The wind deflector according to claim 1 , wherein each support tab is provided with a locking means that interacts with a corresponding locking element of the fixing rib.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Wimmer Rudolf
• Pradella Moritz

Classifications

• B29C39/30

  with means for cutting the article · CPC title

• B29C39/021

  by casting in several steps · CPC title

• B29C39/10

  incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. casting around inserts or for coating articles {(coating a surface by casting in general B05D1/30, B29C39/126 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60J7/22 Primary

  Wind deflectors for open roofs · CPC title

• B60Y2410/122

  Plastic parts manufactured by moulding · CPC title