IP Library Granted Patent US 12,448,059
Granted Patent B2
US 12,448,059 · App. 18/087,149 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Deflector device

Inventors: Daisuke Nakayama (Aichi, JP); Nobuhiro Kudo (Aichi, JP); Kazuya Umino (Aichi, JP); Kazuyuki Yokoyama (Aichi, JP); Toshiya Ito (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
B62D35/005B62D37/02
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Patent No.
US 12,448,059
App. No.
18/087,149
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deflector device includes a deflector body that is configured to be deployed in front of a front wheel of a vehicle by being rotated in a deploy direction and to suppress airflow onto the front wheel, and that is configured to be stowed in a body of the vehicle by being rotated in a stow direction; a drive member that is configured to transmit drive force; and a transmission member that is provided with a projection that protrudes in a radial direction thereof and that is configured to be engaged with the drive member such that drive force from the drive member is transmitted to the transmission member and the deflector body is rotated.

Claims (25)

1. A deflector device, comprising:

a deflector body configured to be deployed in front of a front wheel of a vehicle by being rotated in a deploy direction and to suppress airflow onto the front wheel, and configured to be stowed in a body of the vehicle by being rotated in a stow direction;

a drive member configured to transmit drive force; and

a transmission member provided with a projection that protrudes in a radial direction thereof and that is configured to be engaged with the drive member such that drive force from the drive member is transmitted to the transmission member and the deflector body is rotated, wherein:

the drive member is disposed at an outer side, in the radial direction, of a substantially annular part of the transmission member.

2. A deflector device, comprising:

a deflector body configured to be deployed in front of a front wheel of a vehicle by being rotated in a deploy direction and to suppress airflow onto the front wheel, and configured to be stowed in a body of the vehicle by being rotated in a stow direction;

a drive member configured to transmit drive force;

a transmission member provided with a projection that is configured to be engaged with the drive member and the transmission member provided with a coupling portion, a position of the coupling portion in an axial direction of the transmission member being aligned with the projection; and

a rotation member configured to be coupled with the coupling portion and to be rotated by drive force that is transmitted from the drive member to the transmission member such that the deflector body is rotated, wherein:

the drive member is disposed at an outer side, in a radial direction, of a substantially annular part of the transmission member.

3. The deflector device of claim 1 , further comprising a protruding portion protruding from the transmission member and integrated with the projection.

4. The deflector device of claim 2 , further comprising a protruding portion protruding from the transmission member and integrated with the projection.

5. The deflector device of claim 1 , further comprising an engaging portion provided at the drive member, the engaging portion being configured to open toward one side in a radial direction of the drive member such that the projection is engaged with the engaging portion.

6. The deflector device of claim 2 , further comprising an engaging portion provided at the drive member, the engaging portion being configured to open toward one side in a radial direction of the drive member such that the projection is engaged with the engaging portion.

7. The deflector device of claim 1 , further comprising a movement portion provided at the drive member, the movement portion being configured to open toward one side in a radial direction of the drive member, wherein the projection is moved at the movement portion in a case in which an external force acts on the deflector body and the transmission member is rotated.

8. The deflector device of claim 2 , further comprising a movement portion provided at the drive member, the movement portion being configured to open toward one side in a radial direction of the drive member, wherein the projection is moved at the movement portion in a case in which an external force acts on the deflector body and the transmission member is rotated.

9. The deflector device of claim 1 , wherein:

the transmission member is substantially circular ring-shaped, and

the projection protrudes from an outer circumference toward an outer side, in the radial direction, of the transmission member.

10. The deflector device of claim 2 , wherein:

the transmission member is substantially circular ring-shaped, and

the projection protrudes from an outer circumference toward an outer side, in the radial direction, of the transmission member.

11. The deflector device of claim 1 , wherein the projection is protruded further outer side, in the radial direction, than the driving member.

12. The deflector device of claim 2 , wherein the projection is protruded further outer side, in the radial direction, than the driving member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: NAKAYAMA, DAISUKE; KUDO, NOBUHIRO; UMINO, KAZUYA; YOKOYAMA, KAZUYUKI; ITO, TOSHIYA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-211525 · Dec 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230202296A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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