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US 9,428,230 B2Granted
Spoiler device
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsDaisuke Yuasa, Kenji Hori, Tokuhiro Shiga, Yoshimasa Asano
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Abstract
A spoiler device includes a movable spoiler for a vehicle, the movable spoiler being movable between a retracted position and a deployed position, a link mechanism supporting the movable spoiler, a torsion bar connected to the link mechanism, and an actuation portion rotating the torsion bar.
Claims14
A spoiler device, comprising:
- a movable spoiler for a vehicle, the movable spoiler being movable between a retracted position and a deployed position;
- a link mechanism supporting the movable spoiler;
- a torsion bar connected to the link mechanism;
- an actuation portion rotating the torsion bar;
- and
- a control portion controlling the actuation portion;
- wherein the control portion controls the actuation portion to further rotate the torsion bar after the movable spoiler reaches the deployed position.
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A spoiler device, comprising:
- a movable spoiler for a vehicle, the movable spoiler being movable between a retracted position and a deployed position;
- a link mechanism supporting the movable spoiler;
- a torsion bar connected to the link mechanism;
- and
- an actuation portion rotating the torsion bar;
- wherein
- the link mechanism includes a driving link, a driven link, a first link stopper coming to contact the driven link when the movable spoiler is in the deployed position, and a second link stopper coming to contact the driven link when the movable spoiler is in the retracted position;
- the actuation portion includes an arm connected to the torsion bar and being movable between an initial position and a restricted position, a first arm stopper contacting the arm positioned in the restricted position, and a second arm stopper contacting the arm positioned in the initial position;
- and
- a distance between the first arm stopper and the second arm stopper is longer than a distance between the first link stopper and the second link stopper.
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A spoiler device, comprising:
- a movable spoiler for a vehicle, the movable spoiler being movable between a retracted position and a deployed position;
- a link mechanism supporting the movable spoiler;
- a torsion bar connected to the link mechanism;
- and
- an actuation portion rotating the torsion bar;
- wherein
- the link mechanism includes a first link stopper restricting a motion of the movable spoiler when moving the movable spoiler to the deployed position;
- the actuation portion includes an arm connected to the torsion bar and being movable between an initial position and a restricted position, and a first arm stopper contacting the arm which is in the restricted position;
- and
- a position of the first arm stopper set so that the movable spoiler reaches the deployed position before the arm comes to contact the first arm stopper when moving the movable spoiler to the deployed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.