US 11,851,112 B2
Position-variable vehicle aerodynamics module with deformable connecting structure
Karsten Grebel, Bürstadt (DE); and Patrick Urbach, Mainz (DE)
Assigned to Röchling Automotive SE, Mannheim (DE)
Filed by Röchling Automotive SE, Mannheim (DE)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,136.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 128 214.1 (DE), filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126930 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/00 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A position-variable motorized vehicle aerodynamics module, comprising:
A flow component which is configured to be subjected to an incident flow or surrounding flow of an airstream,
A bracket, which is configured for fixed attachment to a structure fixed to a vehicle,
A power unit, which is configured to displace the flow component between at least two different operating positions relative to the bracket under normal operating conditions,
A connecting structure, which connects the flow component with the power unit in a force- and movement-transmitting manner, and
A guiding arrangement, which guides the displacement movement of the flow component between the at least two operating positions,
Where the connecting structure is configured, in the event of a force being transmitted to the flow component through collision with a solid body, to allow through deformation an evasive movement of the flow component relative to the bracket, Where the connecting structure is part of the guiding arrangement, where the evasive movement differs from the displacement under normal operating conditions.