Active front deflector

An active front deflector assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• at least one deflector panel including a semi-rigid portion and a rigid upper spine portion, where the deflector panel is an active full air deflector that selectively deploys and retracts between a deployed position within an air flow and a stowed position out of the air flow, where the deployment of the deflector panel improves aerodynamics by redirecting frontal air flow to prevent front air flow to the underbody of the vehicle;
• at least two linkage assemblies attached to the deflector panel and connected to the vehicle, each linkage assembly forming only a trapezium shape when in the deployed position;
• and
• an actuator including a drive shaft operably coupled to the at least two linkage assemblies, where the actuator has object detection and is in communication with the vehicle and automatically deploys the deployable panel under predetermined conditions and automatically retracts the deployable panel when predetermined conditions for continued deployment are no longer met;
• wherein the predetermined conditions are selected from the group consisting of vehicle speeds, forces/loads, wind directions, yaw, and combinations thereof;
• at least one tab located on a drive link that acts as a stop in the retracted position by coming into contact with a respective upper raised segment of a follower link.