# US 7,611,191 B2 · Air guidance device for the rear section of a motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,611,191 B2 - Document ID: US7611191B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/112,193 - Filed: 2008-04-30 - Published: 2008-11-06 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2007-05-04 - Assignees: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Thomas Wolf - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611191B2 ## CPC - B62D 35/007: {Rear spoilers (B62D35/001 takes precedence)} - Y02T 10/82: Elements for improving aerodynamics - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract An air guidance device for the rear section of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has at least one first tail light and at least one second tail light. The tail lights are disposed at the respective sides of the vehicle and they are spaced apart by a spacing distance in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The air guidance device is movable between a rest position, in which the air guidance device lies substantially within the vehicle contour, and an operating position, in which the air guidance device extends beyond the vehicle contour. In the rest position, the air guidance device covers at least partially the area between the first tail light and the second tail light. The maximum width of the air guidance device is greater than the spacing device between the first tail light and the second tail light. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aerodynamic assembly for a rear section of a motor vehicle, the rear section of the motor vehicle having at least one first lighting device and at least one second lighting device, the first and second lighting devices being disposed at a respective side of the vehicle and at a spacing distance from one another in a transverse direction of the vehicle, the assembly comprising: an air guidance device movably disposed between a rest position, wherein said air guidance device lies substantially within a vehicle contour, and an operating position, wherein said air guidance device projects beyond the vehicle contour; said air guidance device, in the rest position thereof, covering at least partially a region between the at least one first lighting device and the at least one second lighting device; and said air guidance device having a maximum width greater than the spacing distance between the at least one first lighting device and the at least one second lighting device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The aerodynamic assembly according to claim 1, wherein said air guidance device is formed with a trailing edge extending substantially over a maximum width of said air guidance device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The aerodynamic assembly according to claim 1, wherein said air guidance device is formed with recesses configured so as not to cover the first and second lighting devices, or to cover the first and second lighting devices at most partially, when said air guidance device is in the rest position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The aerodynamic assembly according to claim 3, wherein said air guidance device is formed with lateral and lower edges configured to follow a contour of the lighting devices. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The aerodynamic assembly according to claim 1, wherein said air guidance device has lateral portions covering the lighting devices, and said lateral portions are permeable to light. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The aerodynamic assembly according to claim 5, wherein said air guidance device in an area thereof between the lighting devices is impermeable to light. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The aerodynamic assembly according to claim 1, wherein said air guidance device is configured with an adjustable light permeability, by the application of an electrical potential, at least in portions of said air guidance device covering the lighting devices. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The aerodynamic assembly according to claim 7, wherein said air guidance device is permanently impermeable to light in an area thereof between the lighting devices.