US 12,304,399 B2
Deflector device
Kazuyuki Yokoyama, Aichi (JP); Masahide Inayama, Aichi (JP); Daisuke Nakayama, Aichi (JP); Nobuhiro Kudo, Aichi (JP); Toshiya Ito, Aichi (JP); and Kazunori Tanaka, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO, Niwa-gun (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,130.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-014376 (JP), filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0242184 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/00 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 35/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/005 (2013.01) [B62D 35/005 (2013.01); B62D 35/02 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/10 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deflector device comprising:
a deflector body configured to be deployed in front of a front wheel of a vehicle by being rotated in a deploy direction to suppress airflow onto the front wheel and configured to be stowed in a vehicle body by being rotated in a stow direction;
a housing body provided at a vehicle body side;
a partition member configured to partition a housing body interior into one side and another side;
a drive mechanism retained at the partition member and driven such that the deflector body is rotated;
a detected portion housed at the one side of the housing body interior and configured to be rotated when the deflector body is rotated; and
a detection section housed at the other side of the housing body interior and configured to detect a rotational position of the detected portion.