Air Deflector Assembly For An Automotive Vehicle

An assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:

• a front fascia configured to couple to a fore portion of a vehicle foreword of a closure panel, the front fascia and closure panel being cooperable to define an upper surface;
• a deflector movably coupled to the upper surface, the deflector having a distal end being movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein in the stowed position the distal end projects a first distance from the upper surface and in the deployed position the distal end projects a second distance from the upper surface, the second distance being greater than the first distance to thereby interrupt a flow of air over the upper surface;
• an actuator operably coupled to the deflector and configured to move the deflector from the stowed position to the deployed position;
• and
• a controller in communication with the actuator, the controller being configured to, in response to satisfaction of a first operating condition, control the actuator to move the deflector from the stowed position to the deployed position.

A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:

• providing a front fascia configured to couple to a fore portion of a vehicle foreword of a closure panel, the front fascia and closure panel being cooperable to define an upper surface;
• providing a deflector movably coupled to the upper surface, the deflector having a distal end being movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein in the stowed position the distal end projects a first distance from the upper surface and in the deployed position the distal end projects a second distance from the upper surface, the second distance being greater than the first distance to thereby interrupt a flow of air over the upper surface;
• providing an actuator operably coupled to the deflector and configured to move the deflector from the stowed position to the deployed position;
• providing a controller in communication with the actuator;
• and
• in response to satisfaction of a first operating condition, automatically controlling the actuator, via the controller, to move the deflector from the stowed position to the deployed position.