Deflector device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11358455-B2
Application number	US-201915734123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 4, 2019
Priority date	Jul 11, 2018
Publication date	Jun 14, 2022
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022

Abstract

A deflector device capable of holding a mesh support across a straight portion and a corner portion of a holding member without a through-hole being formed in the corner portion of the holding member. A corner-side recess, which receives a hook portion and is formed as a concavity in which a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to a direction of extension of a corner portion is open on a lower side, is formed in said corner portion. A pair of facing inside surfaces of the corner-side recess are configured to pinch and hold the hook portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A deflector device for a sunroof device, said deflector device comprising:
arms respectively provided at edge portions on both sides in a vehicle width direction of an opening in a vehicle roof, and
a deflector main body which is pivoted vertically said arms,
wherein the deflector main body comprises:
a holding member having a straight portion extending along a front edge of the opening in the roof, and a corner portion which curves backwards towards the arms from said straight portion;
a fabric support which extends along the straight portion and the corner portion of the holding member while also being held inside the holding member; and
a flow adjustment member which is fixed to the fabric support, a hook portion folded downwards is formed on an upper portion of the fabric support,
a corner-side recess, which receives the hook portion and is formed as a concavity in which a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to a direction of extension of the corner portion is open on a lower side, is formed in said corner portion, and
a pair of facing inside surfaces of the corner-side recess are configured to pinch and hold the hook portion; and

wherein the straight portion is formed with
a straight-side recess which receives the hook portion and is formed as a concavity in which a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the direction of extension of the straight portion is open on a lower side; and
a catch portion which protrudes from an inside surface of the straight-side recess and is abutted by a tip end of the hook portion.

2. The deflector device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the holding member, a gap between the pair of in-side surfaces of the corner-side recess is smaller than a gap between the pair of inside surfaces of the straight-side recess.

3. The deflector device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hook portion comprises two thin plate portions which are folded back in such a way as to be adjacent in a thickness direction of the flow adjustment member, and of the two thin plate portions, the thickness of the outside thin plate portion is smaller than the thickness of the inside thin plate portion.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Shibue Toru
• Kakihara Kazuki

Classifications

• B60J7/22 Primary

  Wind deflectors for open roofs · CPC title