# US 4,396,224 A · Wind deflector of a sunshine roof of vehicles

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- Number: US 4,396,224 A
- Document ID: US4396224A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/286,966
- Filed: 1981-07-27
- Granted: 1983-08-02
- Earliest claimed: 1980-08-13
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Shoichi Hayakawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4396224A

## CPC

- B60J 7/22: Wind deflectors for open roofs
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

## Abstract

A motor vehicle has a sunshine roof with a substantially rectangular opening and a wind deflector comprising a flat strip plate pivotally mounted along the front edge of the sunshine roof opening so as to be opened and closed. The sunshine roof is formed with a sunshine roof channel having an appropriate width along the inner periphery of the opening. The wind deflector can be housed in the sunshine roof channel when it is in the closed position. The wind deflector has a shape which is defined by a central portion having a substantially uniform width in the front and rear direction and opposite end portions, the width in the front and rear direction of the end portions extending rearwardly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a motor vehicle having a sunshine roof with a substantially rectangular opening, and a wind deflector comprising a flat strip plate pivotally mounted along the front edge of said sunshine roof opening so as to be opened and closed, characterized in that said wind deflector has a shape which is defined by a central portion having a substantially uniform width in the front and rear direction and opposite end portions, the width in the front and rear direction of said end portions extending rearwardly, and that said opposite end portions are obliquely and upwardly directed toward the rear of the vehicle when said wind deflector is in the opened position.

### Claim 2

In a motor vehicle having a sunshine roof with a substantially rectangular opening, and a wind deflector comprising a flat strip plate pivotally mounted along the front edge of said sunshine roof opening so as to be opened and closed, characterized in that said sunshine roof is formed with a sunshine roof channel having an appropriate width along the inner periphery of said opening, that said wind deflector can be housed in said sunshine roof channel when it is in the closed position, and said wind deflector has a shape which is defined by a central portion having a substantially uniform width in the front and rear direction and opposite end portions, the width in the front and rear direction of said end portions extending rearwardly, and that said opposite end portions are obliquely and upwardly directed toward the rear of the vehicle when said wind deflector is in the opened position.