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US 6,719,359 B2Granted
Motor vehicle with an under body
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsHartmut Steinicke, Helmut Sponer, Martin Angel
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AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsHartmut Steinicke, Helmut Sponer, Martin Angel
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The invention relates to a motor vehicle with underbody and wheels mounted in wheelhouses which are guided on wheel guide elements coupled to the body, functional elements being mounted in the area of wheel dishes opening inward, and with wheel spoilers mounted on the underbody in front of the wheels in the direction of travel, for the sake of better deflection of environmental influences such as dirt particles, moisture, etc the wheel spoilers of at least one wheel axle per wheel ending in a structurally simple configuration in a deflecting strip extending more or less vertically downward, the deflecting strips being extended continuously inward and rearward at least to the vertical central plane of the wheels extending through the axes of rotation of the wheels.
A motor vehicle with an underbody and wheels mounted in wheelhouses which are guided on wheel guide elements coupled to the vehicle, at least one functional element being mounted in the area of wheel dishes opening inward, and with a plurality of wheel spoilers each mounted on the underbody in front of a respective wheel in the direction of travel, characterized in that each wheel spoiler ends in a deflecting strip extending more or less vertically downward, the deflecting strip extending continuously inward and rearward of the respective wheel at least as far as a vertical plane intersecting the axis of the respective wheel.
A motor vehicle with an underbody and wheels mounted in wheelhouses which are guided on wheel guide elements coupled to the vehicle, at least one functional element being mounted in the area of wheel dishes opening inward, and with a plurality of wheel spoilers each mounted on the underbody in front of a respective wheel in the direction of travel, characterized in that each wheel spoiler ends in a deflecting strip extending more or less vertically downward, the deflecting strip extending continuously inward and rearward of the respective wheel at least as far as a vertical plane intersecting the axis of the respective wheel and wherein at least one of the wheel spoilers and the deflecting strips are molded at least in part in the underbody of the motor vehicle.
A motor vehicle with an underbody and wheels mounted in wheelhouses which are guided on wheel guide elements coupled to the vehicle, at least one functional element being mounted in the area of wheel dishes opening inward, and with a plurality of wheel spoilers each mounted on the underbody in front of a respective wheel in the direction of travel, characterized in that each wheel spoiler ends in a deflecting strip extending more or less vertically downward, the deflecting strip extending continuously inward and rearward of the respective wheel at least as far as a vertical plane intersecting the axis of the respective wheel, wherein portions of the deflecting strips extending continuously inward and rearward have a greater width than portions of the deflecting strips extending more or less vertically downward, and wherein at least one of the wheel spoilers and the deflecting strips are molded at least in part in the underbody of the motor vehicle.
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