Air flap device

Abstract

An air flap device having: an air flap carrier with an air passage opening through which air can flow, a plurality of air flaps, wherein each of these air flaps protrudes at least into the air passage opening and is received on the air flap carrier for operative movement, wherein each of these air flaps is movable between a first and a second operating position assigned thereto, wherein, for each of these air flaps a covering of the air passage opening by this air flap is greater in the second operating position assigned thereto than in the first operating position assigned thereto, wherein the plurality of air flaps includes at least one sensing air flap, a coupling device, wherein the coupling device couples the at least one sensing air flap to at least one other air flap of the plurality of air flaps for joint movement, and a blocking component assigned to the at least one sensing air flap, wherein the blocking component is displaceable between a release position in which it permits movement of the coupling device and a blocking position in which it blocks movement of the coupling device, wherein the coupling device can be moved independently of the blocking component when the blocking member is in its release position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.