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US 2015/0084369 A1Published application
Deployable air dam
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsJeffrey M. Niemi, Praveen Joseph John
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Abstract
A deployable air dam for an automotive vehicle has panel, a plurality of four-bar linkages coupling the panel to a front of the vehicle, and an electric clutched actuator coupled to the four-bar linkages for moving the panel of the air-dam between a deployed and an undeployed position wherein the panel extends vertically down from a bottom of a bumper of the vehicle when in the deployed position.
Claims5
A deployable air dam for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a panel;
- a plurality of four-bar linkages coupling the panel to beneath a front of the vehicle wherein the four bar linkages articulate to move the panel of the air dam up and back to its undeployed position and down and forward to its deployed position;
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- an electric clutched actuator coupled to the four-bar linkages for moving the panel of the air-dam between a deployed and an undeployed position wherein the panel extends vertically down from a bottom of a bumper of the vehicle when in the deployed position, the electric clutched actuator operable to permit the four-bar linkages to articulate to move the panel back and up toward its undeployed position in response to the panel hitting an object when the vehicle is traveling.
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