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Granted Patent B2
US 11,827,284 · App. 17/825,018 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement

Inventors: Dominik Beierl (Korntal-Münchingen, DE); Joachim Paul (Benningen a.N., DE); Henrik Heidorn (Renningen, DE); Haiko Neher (Sachsenheim, DE)
B62D35/008
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Patent No.
US 11,827,284
App. No.
17/825,018
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement with a spoiler blade which can be moved in a motorized manner between a retracted rest position and a laterally extended spoiler position. A spoiler shell is fixed on the vehicle and provided with a shell rear wall, a guide mechanism which guides the spoiler blade in the longitudinal direction, and an actuating motor. A sliding seal lip is provided between the spoiler blade and the shell rear wall, which sliding seal lip closes a front-side gap (S) between the spoiler blade and the shell rear wall in the spoiler position of the spoiler blade.

Claims (11)

1. A motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement comprising:

an actuating motor;

a spoiler blade which is configured to be moved in a motorized manner by the actuating motor between a retracted rest position and a laterally extended spoiler position;

a spoiler shell which is fixed on the vehicle and includes a shell rear wall and a guide mechanism which guides the spoiler blade in a longitudinal direction; and

a sliding seal lip disposed between the spoiler blade and the shell rear wall, which sliding seal lip closes a front-side gap (S) between the spoiler blade and the shell rear wall in the laterally extended spoiler position of the spoiler blade,

wherein a front end of the spoiler blade is V-shaped, and the sliding seal lip is arranged in a V-shaped manner along the front end of the spoiler blade.

2. The motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , the sliding seal lip having one end that is fixed on the spoiler blade and another end that is positioned in contact with the shell rear wall.

3. The motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sliding seal lip comprises an elastic lip body.

4. The motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the guide mechanism is configured as a parallelogram guide.

5. The motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shell rear wall has a smooth-surfaced configuration in an entire sliding region of the sliding seal lip.

6. A motor vehicle comprising the motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: BEIERL, DOMINIK; PAUL, JOACHIM; HEIDORN, HENRIK; NEHER, HAIKO
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 060034/0799 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102021117255.1 · Jul 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230001991A1 · Jan 5, 2023
Cited By (2)
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