Aerodynamic deflector device for motor vehicle wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10953934-B2
Application number	US-201716469347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2017
Priority date	Dec 13, 2016
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to an aerodynamic deflector device for a motor vehicle wheel, comprising: a deflecting wall (5) mounted movable relative to a stationary frame (39) between a retracted position in which the deflecting wall (5) is raised and an extended position in which the deflecting wall (5) is lowered relative to the stationary frame (39). According to the invention, the deflecting device also includes a resiliently deformable resilient module (13), arranged so as to move the deflecting wall (5) towards the extended position when the deflecting wall is no longer in the extended position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aerodynamic deflector device for a motor vehicle wheel, comprising:
a deflecting panel movably mounted relative to a fixed frame between a retracted position in which the deflecting panel is raised and an extended position in which the deflecting panel is lowered relative to the fixed frame; and
an elastically deformable elastic module, arranged so as to move the deflecting panel to the extended position when the deflecting panel is no longer in the extended position,
wherein the elastic module is arranged so that the elastic module receives power from the deflecting panel and an extending mechanism actuated by an actuator to move the deflecting panel between the retracted and extended positions.

2. The deflector device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elastic module comprises a helical spring, or a spring leaf, or a fluid cylinder, or an elastic band, or a compressible or extendible body made from an elastic material.

3. The deflector device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a bottom plate; a rod; and a top plate, wherein the elastic element is a helical spring deformable in compression or extension.

4. The deflector device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elastic module is engaged with a bottom end of a rack of the extending mechanism, and with a rear end of the deflecting panel.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the rack comprises a bent bottom end portion in which a hole is made, with a shape and dimensions corresponding to a rod of the elastic module.

6. An aerodynamic deflector device for a motor vehicle wheel, comprising:
a deflecting panel movably mounted relative to a fixed frame between a retracted position in which the deflecting panel is raised and an extended position in which the deflecting panel is lowered relative to the fixed frame; and
an elastically deformable elastic module, arranged so as to move the deflecting panel to the extended position when the deflecting panel is no longer in the extended position, wherein
the elastic module is arranged so that the elastic module receives power from a mobile frame holding a mechanism for extending the deflecting panel.

7. The deflector device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising a transverse shaft about which the deflecting panel is rotated, forming a hinge between the mobile frame and a fixed frame, and the elastic module is arranged around the transverse shaft and engages with the mobile frame and with the fixed frame.

8. The deflector device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the elastic module comprises a helical spring deformable in torsion and in that the torsion spring surrounds the transverse shaft, and said helical spring comprises two ends, engaging with the fixed frame and the mobile frame respectively.

9. The deflector device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising several elastic modules that are deformable in vertical translation and arranged on the edges of the mobile frame.

10. An aerodynamic deflector device for a motor vehicle wheel, comprising:
a deflecting panel movably mounted relative to a fixed frame between a retracted position in which the deflecting panel is raised and an extended position in which the deflecting panel is lowered relative to the fixed frame; and
an elastically deformable elastic module, arranged so as to move the deflecting panel to the extended position when the deflecting panel is no longer in the extended position, wherein
the deflecting panel is rotatably mobile about a shaft surrounding a fixed spindle, comprising an elastic return element configured to exert a restoring torque the deflecting panel, wherein the elastic module comprises an elastic torsion element, connected to an actuating pinion moved by a motor and to the deflecting panel, so as to exert torque against the restoring torque that increases with the rotation of the actuating pinion.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Inventors

• Herlem Jean-Paul

Classifications

• B62D35/005 Primary

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

• B62D35/02

  Streamlining the undersurfaces {(B62D35/005, B62D35/007, B62D35/008 take precedence)} · CPC title

• Y02T10/82

  Elements for improving aerodynamics · CPC title

• Y02T10/88

  Optimized components or subsystems, e.g. lighting, actively controlled glasses · CPC title

• B62D37/02

  by aerodynamic means · CPC title