US 11,884,337 B2
Active rocker aero panel integrated into automated running board
Adolfo E. Milani, Commerce, MI (US); James W. Shelswell, Barrie (CA); and Sorin O. Pantea, Woodbridge (CA)
Assigned to Magna Exteriors Inc., Aurora (CA)
Appl. No. 17/058,900
Filed by Magna Exteriors Inc., Concord (CA)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/035210
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/232531, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/679,349, filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221449 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 3/02 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/008 (2013.01) [B60R 3/002 (2013.01); B60R 3/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An active rocker aerodynamic shield integrated into an automated running board for a vehicle, comprising:
an automated running board including a plurality of links for movement of a step board under predetermined conditions between a stowed position and at least one deployed position;
at least one panel forming said aerodynamic shield, said at least one panel operably connected to the automated running board to automatically deploy and retract with the step board for improved aerodynamics under predetermined conditions, wherein said at least one panel is the same length as the step board.