Front spoiler arrangement
AssigneesNissan Motor Co., Ltd., Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
InventorsHisato Tatsumi, Kunio Sakai, Yukio Hamanoue, Satoshi Ishizuka
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Abstract
A front spoiler arrangement installed at the front end section lower part of an automotive vehicle body. The front spoiler arrangement is comprised of a retractable spoiler fin supported by a pair of swingable arms which are spaced from each other and driven respectively by a pair of drive mechanism. Each swingable arm is securely connected at one end section thereof to the spoiler fin and at the other end section thereof to a rotatable drive shaft of each drive mechanism in such a manner that a mount rubber is interposed between the swingable arm and the drive shaft, thereby permitting lateral movement of the swingable arm relative to the drive shaft.
Claims18
A front spoiler arrangement for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a spoiler fin movably disposed at front end section lower part of a body of the vehicle and extending generally in direction of width of the vehicle body, said spoiler fin selectively movable to an operative position and an inoperative position;
- a plurality of swingable arms each of which has a first end section and a second end section, said second end section connected to said spoiler fin, each swingable arm being swingable and selectively taking first and second positions which correspond respectively to the operative and inoperative positions of the spoiler fin;
- a plurality of drive mechanisms each of which includes a rotatable drive shaft to which said swingable arm first end section is securely connected, and means for rotating said drive shaft to cause said swingable arm to selectively take first and second positions;
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- a plurality of elastic members each of which is interposed between said rotatable drive shaft and said swingable arm first end section so that said swingable arm is elastically mounted on said rotatable drive shaft each of said elastic members providing sufficient elasticity to enable lateral movement of said swingable arm proximate thereto to compensate for misalignment of said shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.