# US 2014/0151993 A1 · Water splash preventing apparatus for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0151993 A1 - Document ID: US20140151993A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/948,515 - Filed: 2013-07-23 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Corporation - Inventors: Young Shin Kim; Yong Pyo Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151993A1 ## CPC - B62D 25/188: {Mud-guard flaps for utility vehicles} - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) ## Abstract A water splash preventing apparatus for a vehicle is provided, where the water splash preventing apparatus is disposed on a mudguard of the vehicle to prevent water splash. The water splash preventing apparatus includes a porous panel and a plurality of pockets, where the porous panel has a plurality of apertures and allows water to enter the aperture. The plurality of pockets are disposed in the porous panel to allow water to drop to an open space thereunder. Here, water splashed from a tire passes through the aperture and then drops down by colliding with an inner side of the mudguard and simultaneously bouncing off the pocket. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A water splash preventing apparatus disposed on a mudguard of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a porous panel having a plurality of through apertures that allow water to pass through each of the apertures; and a plurality of pockets disposed in the porous panel to allow water to drop to an open space under each of the pockets, wherein water splashed from a tire passes through the apertures and then drops down by colliding with an inner side of the mudguard and simultaneously bouncing off the pocket. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of apertures disposed in the porous panel form vertical rows, and the vertical rows are disposed parallel to each other at a certain interval in a horizontal direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the pockets is opened toward a front side thereof and protrudes toward a rear side of the porous panel, is closed at both side surfaces and upper and rear sides, and opened at a lower side thereof such that water colliding with the pocket is reflected by the both side surfaces and the upper and rear sides of each of the pockets to allow water to drop to an open space under each of the pockets by gravity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the pockets comprises a wall blocking the rear side of each pocket, and the wall blocks a total area of the rear side of each pocket only by about one-half. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pockets disposed in the porous panel form vertical rows, and the vertical rows are disposed parallel to each other between the vertical rows of the apertures, respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ribs that are disposed on the rear surface of the porous panel to serve a channel of water dropping down. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 6, wherein each of the ribs is disposed just adjacent to the apertures in the porous panel to allow water passing the apertures to collide with each respective rib and thus to be split into smaller portions ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the porous panel comprising the apertures and the pockets is integrally formed in one mold. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 3, wherein each of the pockets comprises a wall blocking the rear side of each pocket, and the wall blocks a total area of the rear side of each pocket only by about one-half. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The water splash preventing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the plurality of pockets disposed in the porous panel form vertical rows, and the vertical rows are disposed parallel to each other between the vertical rows of the apertures, respectively.