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US 12,065,197 B2Granted
Active aero panel
AssigneeMagna Exteriors Inc.
InventorsMichael McAfee, Martin R. Matthews, Braendon R. Lindberg
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Abstract
An active aero panel assembly including at least one deployable panel, at least one drive mechanism, and at least one actuator. The active aero panel assembly improves aerodynamics.
Claims10
An active panel assembly adapted for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one panel, wherein said at least one panel is operably adapted to selectively operably slidably deploy and retract between at least one deployed position and a retracted position from an upper portion near the rear of the vehicle having an upper plane substantially parallel to an upper surface of said at least one panel, and wherein said at least one panel includes a rear curvilinear downward depending end;
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- an actuator operably coupled to said at least one panel for deployment of said panel under predetermined conditions.
An active panel assembly operably adapted for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one panel, wherein said at least one panel is operably adapted to selectively operably slidably deploy and retract between at least one deployed position and a retracted position from an upper portion near the rear of the vehicle having an upper plane substantially parallel to an upper surface of said at least one panel, and wherein said at least one panel includes a rear curvilinear downward depending end operably adapted to be engageable to a liftgate when in the retracted position;
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- an actuator operably coupled to said at least one panel for deployment of said panel under predetermined conditions.
An active panel assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one panel, where said at least one panel is operably adapted to selectively operably slidably deploy and retract between at least one deployed position and a retracted position from an upper portion at the rear of the vehicle having an upper plane substantially parallel to an upper surface of said at least one panel, wherein said at least one panel includes a correlating rear curvilinear downward depending end;
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- at least one drive mechanism operably coupled to said at least one panel for automatic deployment of said at least one panel under predetermined conditions, said predetermined conditions including vehicle speed and wind direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.