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US 2024/0198940 A1Published application
Rotatable wheel deflector
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a swing arm rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame at a rotatable connection. A track curves along a curved path. The track is fixed relative to the swing arm and spaced from the rotatable connection. An anchor is fixed relative to the vehicle frame. The track is slideably engaged with the anchor along the curved path of the track. A pyrotechnic actuator is between the vehicle frame and the swing arm.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a swing arm rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame at a rotatable connection;
- a track curving along a curved path, the track being fixed relative to the swing arm and spaced from the rotatable connection;
- an anchor fixed relative to the vehicle frame, the track being slideably engaged with the anchor along the curved path of the track;
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- a pyrotechnic actuator between the vehicle frame and the swing arm.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a swing arm rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame at a rotatable connection;
- a track curving along a curved path, the track being fixed relative to the swing arm and spaced from the rotatable connection;
- an anchor fixed relative to the vehicle frame, the track being slideably engaged with the anchor along the curved path of the track;
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- a pyrotechnic actuator between the vehicle frame and the swing arm;
- the pyrotechnic actuator being operatively coupled with the vehicle frame and the swing arm to rotate the swing arm relative to the vehicle frame about the rotatable connection from an undeployed position to a deployed position.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a swing arm rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame at a rotatable connection;
- a track curving along a curved path, the track being fixed relative to the swing arm and spaced from the rotatable connection;
- an anchor fixed relative to the vehicle frame, the track being slideably engaged with the anchor along the curved path of the track;
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- a pyrotechnic actuator between the vehicle frame and the swing arm;
- the track being supported on the vehicle frame by the anchor;
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- the swing arm being elongated from a first end to a second end, the first end of the swing arm being fixed to the track and the second end of the swing arm being supported on the anchor by the track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.