US 12,448,059 B2
Deflector device
Daisuke Nakayama, Aichi (JP); Nobuhiro Kudo, Aichi (JP); Kazuya Umino, Aichi (JP); Kazuyuki Yokoyama, Aichi (JP); and Toshiya Ito, 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 Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/087,149.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-211525 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202296 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/005 (2013.01) [B62D 37/02 (2013.01)] 12 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 and to suppress airflow onto the front wheel, and configured to be stowed in a body of the vehicle by being rotated in a stow direction;
a drive member configured to transmit drive force; and
a transmission member provided with a projection that protrudes in a radial direction thereof and that is configured to be engaged with the drive member such that drive force from the drive member is transmitted to the transmission member and the deflector body is rotated, wherein:
the drive member is disposed at an outer side, in the radial direction, of a substantially annular part of the transmission member.