IP Library Granted Patent US 12,233,958
Granted Patent B2
US 12,233,958 · App. 17/763,975 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Method for operating an air guiding device of a motor vehicle, and air guiding device for a motor vehicle

Inventors: Alexander Link (Stuttgart, DE); Thorsten Ulferts (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
B62D35/007B60Q1/2661
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Patent No.
US 12,233,958
App. No.
17/763,975
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating an air guiding device of a motor vehicle includes adjusting an air guiding element of the air guiding device from a starting position into an active position which influences aerodynamics of the motor vehicle. The method further includes exerting feedback pertaining to the adjusting of the air guiding element on a motor vehicle occupant in a form of a relative movement acting on the motor vehicle occupant, where the relative movement is generated by an adjustment of a chassis and/or a seat system of the motor vehicle from a first position to a second position.

Claims (12)

1. A method for operating an air guiding device of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:

adjusting an air guiding element of the air guiding device from a starting position into an active position which influences aerodynamics of the motor vehicle; and

exerting feedback pertaining to the adjusting of the air guiding element on a motor vehicle occupant in a form of a relative movement acting on the motor vehicle occupant, wherein the relative movement is generated by an adjustment of a chassis and/or a seat system of the motor vehicle from a first position to a second position.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of, after the exerting, shifting the chassis and/or the seat system to the first position.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the exerting occurs during and/or after the adjusting.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of generating visual or auditory feedback by a feedback element disposed on the air guiding element.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of exerting feedback pertaining to the adjusting which acts on an auditory perception of the motor vehicle occupant.

6. An air guiding device of a motor vehicle, comprising:

an air guiding element which is adjustable from a starting position into an active position, wherein aerodynamics of the motor vehicle are influenceable by the active position; and

a feedback device, wherein feedback pertaining to an adjustment of the air guiding element from the starting position into the active position is exertable by the feedback device on a motor vehicle occupant;

wherein a chassis of the motor vehicle and/or a seat system of the motor vehicle are/is configured as the feedback device and wherein via the feedback device the feedback pertaining to the adjustment of the air guiding element is generatable in a form of a relative movement acting on the motor vehicle occupant.

7. The air guiding device according to claim 6 , wherein a feedback element is disposed on the air guiding element and wherein via the feedback element visual or auditory feedback pertaining to the adjustment of the air guiding element is generatable.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2022
From: LINK, ALEXANDER; ULFERTS, THORSTEN
To: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 059412/0939 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 006 751.7 · Sep 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220388581A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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