US 12,365,404 B2
Active air flap of vehicle
Jae Sup Byun, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); and Kyeong Am Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,592.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0124320 (KR), filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085317 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/52 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/005 (2013.01) [B60R 19/52 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An active air flap of a vehicle, comprising:
a frame part which communicates with an outside air inlet of a grill;
a flap part including a plurality of flap units which are rotatably connected to the frame part and sequentially open or close the outside air inlet of the grill, a rotary shaft which connects the plurality of flap units to the frame part, and a driven pinion gear connected to the rotary shaft;
a driving part which transmits a driving force to the flap part; and
a controller which controls the driving part to be driven,
wherein the flap part includes a stopper which fixes the flap units in an idle section when the flap units are rotated by the driving part.