US 12,227,231 B2
Air guides for vehicles
Ravindranath Thammineni, Northville, MI (US); Hayato Shimuzu, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Brent Cetnar, Livonia, MI (US); and Mauricio Martinez, II, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,911.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312027 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/16 (2006.01); B62D 25/18 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/008 (2013.01) [B62D 25/161 (2013.01); B62D 25/182 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01); B62D 25/084 (2013.01); B62D 37/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air guide for a vehicle having a pair of side members, the air guide comprising:
a base member having a pair of opposing ends; and
a pair of attachment members configured to be coupled to the pair of side members, each of the pair of attachment members are coupled to a respective opposing end of the base member for movement between a folded position in which each of the pair of attachment members extend toward one another overlapping the base member, an unfolded position in which each of the pair of attachment members extend away from one another and define a flat profile with the base member, and an attachment position between the folded position and the unfolded position.