US 12,434,777 B2
Active air skirt apparatus
Jin Young Yoon, Gimpo-si (KR); Dong Eun Cha, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hong Heui Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jae Sup Byun, Seongnam-si (KR); and Jang Ho Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,263.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0135007 (KR), filed on Oct. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0132166 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0227954 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 35/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/005 (2013.01) [B62D 35/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An active air skirt apparatus, comprising:
a housing;
a guide part mounted vertically on the housing;
a flap positioned on the guide part and configured to move vertically along the guide part;
a driver positioned in the housing and configured to generate power;
a driving link rotatably installed in the housing, connected to the driver, and configured to rotate downward upon operation of the driver when the driving link faces upward; and
a driven link rotatably connected to the flap, rotatably connected to the driving link, and configured to press the flap down when rotated downward upon rotation of the driving link when the driven link faces forward so the flap moves along the guide part.