US 11,753,088 B2
Bumper spoiler structure
Yuki Nakamura, Wako (JP); Kei Ambo, Wako (JP); and Kenichi Ando, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,419.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-041825 (JP), filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289314 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/48 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/005 (2013.01) [B60R 19/023 (2013.01); B60R 19/48 (2013.01); B60R 19/483 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bumper spoiler structure comprising:
a bumper panel provided in a bumper of a vehicle;
a bumper spoiler capable of advancing and retreating relative to the bumper panel by being moved in an inside-outside direction of the vehicle;
a first actuator movable in the inside-outside direction of the vehicle and configured to move the bumper spoiler in the inside-outside direction of the vehicle;
a first controller configured to control the first actuator;
a second actuator configured to move the bumper spoiler and the first actuator in the inside-outside direction of the vehicle; and
a second controller configured to control the second actuator, wherein
when at least one of the first actuator and the first controller is lost in a deployed state in which the bumper spoiler protrudes with respect to the bumper panel, the second controller moves the bumper spoiler and the first actuator toward an inner side of the vehicle by using the second actuator.