# US 2015/0145280 A1 · Air guide assembly for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0145280 A1 - Document ID: US20150145280A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/089,865 - Filed: 2013-11-26 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-26 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ryan L. Kabbes; Matthew W. Wolfe; Nicholas Goldsberry; S. Don Gibson, JR.; Michael J. Kralik; Jeremy Lucas - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150145280A1 ## CPC - B62D 35/005: {Front spoilers (B62D35/001 takes precedence)} - Y02T 10/82: Elements for improving aerodynamics - 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) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract An air guide assembly for a vehicle includes an air guide depending from an underside of the vehicle and an air guide extension contiguously disposed at one lateral end of the air guide. The air guide extension includes a tab received through a tab aperture defined in the air guide. The tab includes a tab feature facilitating sliding movement of the tab relative to the tab aperture due to an external force being applied to one of the air guide and the air guide extension. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An air guide assembly for a vehicle, comprising: an air guide depending from an underside of the vehicle; and an air guide extension contiguously disposed at one lateral end of the air guide, one of the air guide extension and the air guide includes a tab received through a tab aperture defined in the other of the air guide extension and the air guide, wherein the tab includes a tab feature facilitating sliding movement of the tab relative to the tab aperture due to an external force being applied to one of the air guide and the air guide extension. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The air guide assembly of claim 1 wherein the tab feature is a stop feature that limits a degree to which the tab can be slidably removed from the tab aperture. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The air guide assembly of claim 2 wherein the stop feature includes a hooked portion defined adjacent a distal end of the tab that inhibits the tab from being fully removed from the aperture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The air guide assembly of claim 3 wherein the hooked portion is directed downwardly away from the underside of the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The air guide assembly of claim 4 wherein upper and lower corners at the distal end are chamfered. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The air guide assembly of claim 3 wherein a proximal portion of the tab received through the aperture has a proximal portion height dimension, and wherein a distal portion of the tab received through the aperture and disposed between the hooked portion and the proximal portion has a distal portion height dimension that is less than the proximal portion height dimension. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The air guide assembly of claim 3 wherein a height dimension of the tab gradually tapers downward from the proximal portion to the distal portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The air guide assembly of claim 7 wherein gradual tapering of the height dimension defines a recess along a lower side of the tab. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The air guide assembly of claim 7 wherein a lower side of the tab includes a curved edge that gradually tapers from the proximal portion to the distal portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The air guide assembly of claim 7 wherein the hooked portion has a hooked portion height dimension grater than the distal portion height dimension and approximately the same as the proximal portion height dimension ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The air guide assembly of claim 1 wherein at least one of the air guide and the air guide extension is formed of a flexible plastic material that allows flexing when an external force is applied thereagainst. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The air guide assembly of claim 11 wherein the air guide includes the tab integrally formed therewith and the air guide extension defines the tab aperture. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The air guide assembly of claim 1 wherein the tab feature is a varying height dimension that varies in a longitudinal direction defined between a proximal portion of the tab and a distal portion of the tab. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The air guide assembly of claim 13 wherein the varying height dimension is defined by a curved lower edge of the tab that defines a hook at a distal end of the tab. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The air guide assembly of claim 14 wherein the curved lower edge continuously and gradually tapers toward an upper edge of the tab as the curved lower edge extends from the proximal portion of the tab to the distal portion of the tab. ### Claim 16 An underside air guide assembly provided at a front end of a vehicle, comprising: an air guide extending laterally across the front end of the vehicle; and air guide extensions disposed at lateral ends of the air guide, the air guide extensions having extension front surfaces that are contiguously arranged relative to an air guide front surface of the air guide, wherein each of the air guide extensions or the air guide includes a tab slidably received through an aperture defined in the other of the air guide extensions or the air guide to interlock the air guide extensions to the air guide thereby inhibiting disengagement of the air guide extensions from the air guide while permitting relative movement between the air guide extensions and the air guide. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The underside air guide assembly of claim 16 wherein the tab includes a hooked end that inhibits disengagement of the air guide extensions from the air guide. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The underside air guide assembly of claim 17 wherein the tab includes an underside recess defining the hooked end and gradually tapering to facilitate from a proximal end toward the hooked end to inhibit buckling. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The underside assembly of claim 17 wherein the tab includes a gradually tapering lower edge that gradually tapers from a proximal end toward a distal end to inhibit buckling of the tab. ### Claim 20 An underside vehicle air guide assembly, comprising: an air guide; and an air guide extension arranged end-to-end with the air guide, either the air guide extension or the air guide includes a tab received through an aperture defined in the other of the air guide extension and the air guide, wherein the tab includes a tab feature facilitating sliding movement of the tab relative to the tab aperture due to an external force being applied to one of the air guide and the air guide extension.