Vehicle spoiler assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorKyle Happy
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Abstract
A vehicle spoiler assembly includes a vehicle body structure having a rear window, a rear wiper assembly and a spoiler. The rear wiper apparatus has a motor and a wiper blade arm installed to the vehicle body structure above the rear window. The motor is operable to move the wiper blade arm between a stowed orientation and rear window wiping position such that during movement between the stowed orientation and the rear window wiping position the wiper blade arm moves over and wipes a majority of an outer surface of the rear window. The spoiler attached to the vehicle body structure covers the motor of the rear wiper apparatus and the wiper blade arm with the wiper blade arm in the stowed orientation, at least a portion of the spoiler is configured to access the motor of the rear wiper apparatus.
Claims15
A vehicle spoiler assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle body structure having a rear window;
- a rear wiper apparatus having a motor and a wiper blade arm installed to the vehicle body structure above the rear window, the motor being operable to move the wiper blade arm between a stowed orientation and rear window wiping position such that during movement between the stowed orientation and the rear window wiping position the wiper blade arm moves over and wipes a majority of an outer surface of the rear window;
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- a spoiler attached to the vehicle body structure covering the motor of the rear wiper apparatus and the wiper blade arm with the wiper blade arm in the stowed orientation, at least a portion of the spoiler being configured to access the motor of the rear wiper apparatus, the spoiler including a main body, an attachment panel and a hinge portion that connects the attachment panel to the main body;
- the main body is detachably fixed to the vehicle body structure such that with the main body detached from the vehicle body structure, the main body pivots upward about the hinge portion.
A vehicle spoiler assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle body structure having a rear door with a rear window, the rear door being movable between a closed position to an open position relative to a rear area of the vehicle body structure;
- a rear wiper apparatus having a motor and a wiper blade arm installed to the rear door above the rear window, the motor being installed so as to be accessible from an outside of the vehicle body structure and operable to move the wiper blade arm between a stowed orientation and rear window wiping position such that during movement between the stowed orientation and the rear window wiping position the wiper blade arm moves over and wipes a majority of an outer surface of the rear window;
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- a spoiler having a main body that is attached to an upper area of the rear door for pivoting movement relative to the rear door, the pivoting movement configured to move the spoiler away from the rear wiper apparatus to an open position providing access to and exposing the motor of the rear wiper apparatus and a closed position blocking access to the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.