US 12,151,549 B2
Air inlet arrangement
Udo Hafner, Munich (DE); Arne Koehler, Pliening (DE); and Haci Korkusuz Janket, Putzbrunn (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/595,358
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063584
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/234142, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 113 165.0 (DE), filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194214 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 11/085 (2013.01) [B60Y 2400/30 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air inlet arrangement of a front faring of a vehicle, comprising:
an air inlet element having an air inlet opening; and
at least one adjustable air flap which is movable into an open position and into a closed position,
wherein the air flap in the open position opens up the air inlet opening and in the closed position closes the air inlet opening,
wherein the air flap is formed in two parts with two flap elements which are adjustable in an opposed manner,
wherein the air flap in the closed position is arranged flush with a frontmost surface of the air inlet element with respect to a direction of travel of the vehicle, such that a frontmost boundary of the air inlet opening is closed,
the two flap elements are each arranged so as to be foldable about a horizontal flap axis,
the flap axes are each offset toward a rear of the vehicle by a distance from closing surfaces of the flap elements, and the distance is at least 40% and at maximum 70% of a total vertical height of the air inlet opening.