US 12,263,893 B2
Air guide device for a motor vehicle
Joachim Paul, Benningen a.N. (DE); Henrik Heidorn, Renningen (DE); Haiko Neher, Sachsenheim (DE); and Dominik Beierl, Korntal-Münchingen (DE)
Assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, (DE)
Filed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,706.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 121 394.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057190 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 37/02 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 37/02 (2013.01) [B62D 35/008 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air guide device for a motor vehicle, the air guide device comprising:
an air guide element forming at least part of a rear side part of a body of the motor vehicle, wherein the rear side part has a flow guide surface which faces an environment of the motor vehicle and along which air flows, and the air guide element having a surface which forms at least part of the flow guide surface, the air guide element being movable relative to a remaining body of the vehicle between an inoperative position, in which the air guide element is arranged flush with the remaining body, and at least one operating end position, in which the air guide element extends the flow guide surface along a body longitudinal axis (X) of the body;
a movement mechanism for guiding movement of the air guide element; and
a protection element disposed between the air guide element and the remaining body for either limiting or preventing air flow behind the air guide element in the operating end position of the air guide element, wherein the protection element is configured to at least partially close a gap formed between the air guide element and the remaining body,
wherein the protection element is arranged in the gap either after or along with a movement of the air guide element out of the inoperative position.