US 12,280,836 B2
Vehicle body lower structure
Kenichi Ando, Saitama (JP); Kei Ambo, Tokyo (JP); Yuki Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); and Yoshiteru Hoshida, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,885.
Claims priority of application No. 202111449132.9 (CN), filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166801 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 35/02 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/02 (2013.01) [B62D 35/005 (2013.01); B62D 37/02 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body lower structure, comprising:
a deflector, disposed on a vehicle body of a vehicle and movable between a stowed position covering a lower part of the vehicle body and a deployed position protruding downward;
a shaft member, extending in a vehicle left-right direction and rotatably connecting a front end of the deflector to the vehicle body; and
an elastic member, disposed between the vehicle body and the deflector to apply force on the deflector,
wherein the deflector is maintained in the deployed position protruding downward by its own weight and further by the force applied by the elastic member, and
when receiving an impact load from below, the elastic member is compressed, allowing the deflector to move from the deployed position to the stowed position.