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US 8,864,215 · App. 13/606,258 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Air guiding device for a motor vehicle

Inventors: Steffen Hoelzel (Eberdingen, DE); Bjoern Foerster (Wurmberg, DE); Gerard Nijman (Losser, NL); Mike Ludovica Karel Peeters (Vlimmeren, BE)
Assignees: Dr. Ing. H. C. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft; Apollo Vredestein B.V.
B62D35/005
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Patent No.
US 8,864,215
App. No.
13/606,258
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air guiding device for a motor vehicle has a spoiler lip ( 12 ) extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle and an actuating device ( 28 ) for moving the spoiler lip ( 12 ) between a retracted rest position and an extended maximum position. The spoiler lip ( 12 ) is mounted on an adaptor ( 34 ) and the adaptor ( 34 ) is connected to a fastening device ( 38 ). The air guiding device is connectable via the adaptor ( 34 ) and the fastening device ( 38 ) to a front panel ( 40 ) of the motor vehicle.

Claims (8)

1. An air guiding device for mounting to a lower surface of a front panel of a motor vehicle, the air guiding device comprising: an adaptor configured for mounting to the lower surface of the front panel; a fastening device connected to a rear section of adaptor; a spoiler lip extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle and an actuating device between the adaptor and the spoiler lip for moving the spoiler lip, a front part of the spoiler lip being mounted on a front section of the adaptor, and wherein the air guiding device is connectable as a module via the adaptor and the fastening device to the front panel of the motor vehicle.

2. The air guiding device of claim 1 , wherein the front section of the adaptor and the front part of the spoiler lip are connected via a first clip connection.

3. The air guiding device of claim 2 , wherein the front section of the adaptor is connectable to the front panel of the motor vehicle via a second clip connection.

4. The air guiding device of claim 1 , wherein a rear section of the actuating device is fastened between the adaptor and the fastening device.

5. The air guiding device of claim 1 , wherein the adaptor has an alignment projection and the fastening device has an alignment opening that receives the alignment projection of the adaptor to align the fastening device relative to the adaptor.

6. The air guiding device of claim 1 , wherein the adaptor and the fastening device are connectable to a rear part of the front panel of the motor vehicle via a screw connection.

7. The air guiding device of claim 6 , wherein the screw connection is at the rear section of the adaptor.

8. The air guiding device of claim 1 , wherein the adaptor and the spoiler lip have magnets that aid in holding the spoiler lip on the adaptor in the retracted rest position.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: APOLLO TYRES (NL) B.V.
To: DR. ING. H. C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESLLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 074237/0614 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: APOLLO VREDESTEIN B.V.
To: APOLLO TYRES (NL) B.V.
Reel/Frame 061180/0212 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2012
From: HOELZEL, STEFFEN; FOERSTER, BJOERN; NIJMAN, GERARD; PEETERS, MIKE LUDOVICA KAREL
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT; APOLLO VREDESTEIN B.V.
Reel/Frame 029155/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 112 514 · Sep 7, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130057022A1 · Mar 7, 2013