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US 10,040,493 B2Granted
Rear-end diffuser arrangement for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorThomas Wolf
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Abstract
A rear-end diffuser arrangement for a motor vehicle has at least one flap (16, 18; 32) mounted on a body part (10) of the motor vehicle (2) so as to be movable by at least one drive device (38). The flap (16, 18; 32) is movable from a retracted state into a deployed state and vice versa. The at least one flap (16, 18; 32) has a concavely curved surface facing toward the vehicle rear end (20).
Claims5
A rear-end diffuser arrangement for a rear end of a motor vehicle, the rear-end diffuser arrangement comprising:
- at least one flap mounted on a body part of the motor vehicle, the at least one flap having opposite front and rear ends, a concavely curved upper surface that faces toward a lower part of the rear end of the vehicle and a convexly curved lower surface that faces away from the vehicle, the front end of the at least one flap being connected pivotally to the vehicle, at least one drive device mounted between the vehicle and the flap and being operative to pivot the flap from a retracted state into a deployed state and vice versa, and a separation flange projecting from the rear end of the at least one flap and being directed toward the roadway when the flap is in the deployed state, the at least one flap being configured so that a distance from the roadway to at least parts of the convex surface of the at least one flap are less than a distance from the roadway to the separation flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.