US 11,718,346 B2
Cable wheel deflector
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US); Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US); S. M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US); and Saeed D. Barbat, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,135.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174157 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60R 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/15 (2013.01) [B60R 19/00 (2013.01); B60R 2019/002 (2013.01); B60R 2019/005 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body defining a front wheel well, the vehicle body including a rear wall vehicle-rearward of the front wheel well;
a cable supported at the rear wall, the cable movable relative to the vehicle body from a slack position to a taut position;
a pyrotechnic actuator operatively coupled to the cable to move the cable from the slack position to the taut position upon actuation of the pyrotechnic actuator; and
a shuttle connected to the cable and slidable from a first position to a second position, the cable being at the slack position when the shuttle is at the first position and at the taut position when the shuttle is at the second position.