Air flap apparatus for vehicles
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorIn Cheol Kim
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Abstract
An air flap apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame disposed behind a grille of a vehicle, the frame including an air inlet, an air flap including a first main body for opening and closing the air inlet, links disposed at both sides of the air flap and coupled to the air flap; and a loader connected to the air flap through the links. The air flap is disposed at a position where the air flap is rotated to open the air inlet when moved along the links and coupled to the loader, or at a position where the air flap is rotated to close the air inlet when moved along the links and decoupled from the loader.
Claims15
An air flap apparatus for a vehicle, the air flap apparatus comprising:
- a frame disposed behind a grille of the vehicle, the frame including an air inlet;
- an air flap including a first main body for opening and closing the air inlet;
- links disposed at both sides of the air flap and coupled to the air flap;
- and
- a loader connected to the air flap through the links,
- wherein the air flap is disposed at
- a first position where the air flap is rotated to open the air inlet when the air flap is moved along the links and coupled to the loader, or
- a second position where the air flap is rotated to close the air inlet when the air flap is moved along the links and decoupled from the loader.
An air flap apparatus for a vehicle, the air flap apparatus comprising:
- a frame including an air inlet;
- an air flap for opening and closing the air inlet;
- links respectively coupled to the air flap at opposing sides thereof;
- a loader connected to the links;
- a power transmission connectable to the loader;
- and
- a processor configured to control the power transmission to actuate the loader to move the links to move the air flap to open or close the air inlet,
- wherein, at a first position, the air inlet is opened by the air flap, and the air flap is coupled to the loader, and
- wherein, at a second position, the air inlet is closed by the air flap, and the air flap is decoupled from the loader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.