Deflector device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9248728-B2
Application number	US-201414532172-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	Nov 8, 2013
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

A deflector device for a vehicle includes an upper frame arranged along the front edge of an opening formed in the roof of the vehicle, and a mesh member coupled to the upper frame and fixed at the front edge of the opening. The upper frame is raised and lowered with respect to the roof in accordance with the opening and closing operation of a movable panel, which opens and closes the opening. The mesh member is changed between a deployed state and a stored state in accordance with the raising and lowering of the upper frame. The upper frame includes a front end in the vehicle front-rear direction and a coupling position to which the mesh member is coupled. The upper frame includes a protrusion between the front end and the coupling position.

First claim

The invention clamed is:

1. A deflector device for a vehicle, comprising:
an upper frame, which is arranged along a front edge of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle, the opening being opened and closed with a movable panel, wherein the upper frame is raised and lowered with respect to the roof in accordance with an opening and closing operation of the movable panel; and
a mesh member, which is coupled to the upper frame and fixed at the front edge of the opening, wherein the mesh member is changed between a deployed state and a stored state in accordance with the raising and lowering of the upper frame, wherein
the upper frame includes a front end in a vehicle front-rear direction and a coupling position to which the mesh member is coupled,
the upper frame includes a protrusion between the front end and the coupling position,
the protrusion protrudes forward from the upper frame and protrudes downward from the upper frame along the mesh member, and
the protrusion is arranged on both sides of the mesh member in the vehicle front-rear direction.

2. The deflector device according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is formed integrally with the upper frame.

3. The deflector device according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is one of a plurality of protrusions arranged in a longitudinal direction of the upper frame.

4. The deflector device according to claim 2 , wherein the protrusion is one of a plurality of protrusions arranged in a longitudinal direction of the upper frame.

5. The deflector device according to claim 1 , wherein the mesh member is supported by a base frame arranged along the front edge of the opening.

6. The deflector device according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion protrudes forward and downward from a region of the upper frame that includes the front end and the coupling position so that the protrusion guides the mesh member to allow the mesh member to be drawn in downward and folded into the stored state when the upper frame is lowered from the deployed state of the mesh member.

7. The deflector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the mesh member includes a first end coupled to the upper frame and a second end fixed at the front edge of the opening, and
the first end is located rearward of the second end when the mesh member is in the stored state.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hiramatsu Shinichi
• Yano Takanori

Classifications

• B60J7/22 Primary

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