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Granted Patent B2
US 12,280,836 · App. 17/966,885 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Vehicle body lower structure

Inventors: Kenichi Ando (Saitama, JP); Kei Ambo (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiteru Hoshida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
B62D35/02B62D35/005B62D37/02
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Patent No.
US 12,280,836
App. No.
17/966,885
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a vehicle body lower structure. The vehicle body lower structure includes: a deflector, disposed on a vehicle body and movable between a stowed position covering a lower part of the vehicle body and a deployed position protruding downward; and a shaft member, extending in a vehicle left-right direction and rotatably connecting a front end of the deflector to the vehicle body. The deflector is maintained in the deployed position protruding downward by its own weight, and receiving an impact load from below, the deflector moves from the deployed position to the stowed position.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle body lower structure, comprising:

a deflector, disposed on a vehicle body of a vehicle and movable between a stowed position covering a lower part of the vehicle body and a deployed position protruding downward;

a shaft member, extending in a vehicle left-right direction and rotatably connecting a front end of the deflector to the vehicle body; and

an elastic member, disposed between the vehicle body and the deflector to apply force on the deflector,

wherein the deflector is maintained in the deployed position protruding downward by its own weight and further by the force applied by the elastic member, and

when receiving an impact load from below, the elastic member is compressed, allowing the deflector to move from the deployed position to the stowed position.

2. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the deflector is maintained in the deployed position via a buckle member disposed on the vehicle body.

3. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a hook member, disposed on an upper surface of the deflector,

wherein when the deflector is in the stowed position, the hook member is separated from a snap portion of the vehicle body, and when the deflector is in the deployed position, the hook member is snapped onto the snap portion of the vehicle body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2022
From: ANDO, KENICHI; AMBO, KEI; NAKAMURA, YUKI; HOSHIDA, YOSHITERU
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111449132.9 · Nov 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230166801A1 · Jun 1, 2023
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