US 12,091,100 B2
Link mechanism type variable wheel deflector and vehicle having the same
Tae-Hyung Kim, Incheon (KR); Hak-Lim Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Ji-Won Seo, Ansan-si (KR); Jung-Joong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jin-Woo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jung-Hoon Gil, Ansan-si (KR); Jong-Ho Jung, Ansan-si (KR); and Sung-Sue Im, Ansan-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and SHINKI INTER-MOBIL CO., LTD, Busan (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and SHINKI INTER-MOBIL CO., LTD, Busan (KR)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,687.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0131546 (KR), filed on Oct. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0103296 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/00 (2006.01); B62D 35/02 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 37/02 (2013.01) [B60R 19/00 (2013.01); B62D 35/005 (2013.01); B62D 35/02 (2013.01); B60R 2019/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A link mechanism type variable wheel deflector comprising:
a cover plate;
a deflector coupled to the cover plate including a hinge boss as a rotation center; and
a link mechanism apparatus configured to convert a rotating motion in one side direction generated by unfolding the deflector by traveling resistant wind into a linear motion moving forward to store an elastic restoring force of an elastic member, and to convert the linear motion moving backward generated by the elastic restoring force larger than the traveling resistant wind into the rotating motion in an other side direction to fold the deflector to be in contact with the cover plate.