US 12,240,314 B2
Air flap system
Oeztzan Akif, Munich (DE); and Christian Hack, Schweitenkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/597,200
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070558
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/013835, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 119 936.0 (DE), filed on Jul. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305904 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 11/08 (2006.01); B60K 11/06 (2006.01); F01P 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 11/085 (2013.01) [B60K 11/06 (2013.01); F01P 2001/005 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air flap system for controlling intake of air into a motor vehicle, comprising:
at least one air flap which is pivotable between an open position and a closed position;
an actuator which is coupled to the air flap in such a manner that the actuator is suitable for bringing about the pivoting of the air flap, wherein
the actuator is eccentrically arranged, offset from a center line of the vehicle, in a central region with respect to an extent of the air flap system along a transverse axis of the vehicle, the offset creating a space sufficient to receive a sensor arranged in a middle portion of the central region, adjacent the actuator,
a radar sensor for detecting an object, the radar sensor position in the space, and
the central region is one of at least three regions which are arranged adjacent to one another along the extent, the central region being arranged centrally with respect to the extent.