Air guiding system for a vehicle

Abstract

An air guiding system for a vehicle, particularly a passenger car, that is arranged in a rear area of the vehicle and has at least one central main air guiding element displaceable from a moved-in inoperative position into a moved-out operative position. Lateral auxiliary air guiding elements are displaceable together with the or each central main air guiding element. The lateral auxiliary air guiding elements can be rotated like a folding knife with respect to the or each central main air guiding element in order to change them from an also moved-in inoperative position into an also moved-out operative position.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a top view of a rear area of a vehicle with an air guiding system according to the invention in the inoperative position;

FIG. 2 is a view analogous to FIG. 1 of the rear area of FIG. 1 with the air guiding system in the operative position;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the rear area of FIGS. 1 and 2 with the air guiding system in the operative position;

FIG. 4 is a view of an enlarged detail on the left side of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the rear area of FIGS. 1 to 4 with the air guiding system in the inoperative position;

FIG. 6 is a view analogous to FIG. 5 of the rear area of FIGS. 1 to 5 with the air guiding system in the operative position;

FIG. 7 is a top view of a detail of the air guiding system in the inoperative position in the area of an auxiliary air guiding element;

FIG. 8 is a top view of the detail of FIG. 7 with the air guiding system in the operative position;

FIG. 9 is a view diagonally from the rear of the detail of FIGS. 7 and 8 with the air guiding system in the operative position; and

FIG. 10 is a view of a detail of the air guiding system of FIGS. 1 to 9.

Claims

1. Vehicle air guiding system arranged in a vehicle rear area, comprising at least one central main air guiding element, displaceable from a moved-in inoperative position into a moved-out operative position, and lateral auxiliary air guiding elements arranged to be displaceable together with the at least one central main air guiding element, wherein the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements are arranged to be rotatable in a folding knife-like manner with respect to the at least one central main air guiding element from an also moved-in inoperative position into an also moved-out operative position.

2. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 1, wherein the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements are rotatable about an angle of approximately 180° with respect to the at least one central main air guiding element.

3. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 1, wherein the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements are arranged to be changeable isochronously or simultaneously with displacement of the at least one central main air guiding element from the also moved-in inoperative position into the also moved-out operative position.

4. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 3, wherein the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements are rotatable about an angle of approximately 180° with respect to the at least one central main air guiding element.

5. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 1, wherein telescopic operating devices are provided for causing the at least one central main air guiding element to be translatorily or linearly displaced between the moved-in inoperative position into a moved-out operative position, each of the telescopic operating devices comprising a tube fixed to a vehicle body in which a tube fixed to the at least one central main air guiding element is operatively arranged.

6. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 5, wherein a coupling device has one end articulatingly connected with a vehicle body part and, an opposite end, articulatingly connected with the at least one main air guiding element via joints.

7. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 6, wherein the coupling device is configured to cause a rotary movement component about one of the joints to be superimposed on the translatory or linear movement components of the at least one main air guiding element defined by the telescopic operating devices.

8. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 5, wherein each of the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements is disposed on the tube fixed to the at least one main air guiding element.

9. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 8, wherein each of the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements is disposed via a tube fixed to the respective lateral auxiliary air guiding element on the tube fixed to the at least one central main air guiding element, such that an angular change between the tube fixed to the respective lateral auxiliary air guiding element and the tube fixed to the at least one central main air guiding element during the change of the at least one central main air guiding element between the inoperative position into the operative position compensatable via a coupling.

10. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 5, wherein each tube fixed to the at least one central main air guiding element, during translatory or linear movement thereof with respect to the tube fixed to the vehicle body of the respective telescopic operating device relative to the tube fixed to the vehicle body, is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof, and adjustment of the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements with respect to the at least one central main air guiding element is mechanically coupleable to a displacement of the at least one central main air guiding element.

11. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 10, wherein the tube fixed to the vehicle body has a connecting link guide in which a pin operatively engages the tube fixed to the at least one central main air guiding element.

12. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 10, wherein the tube fixed to the at least one central main air guiding element has a connecting link guide operatively engaged by a pin of the tube fixed to the vehicle body.

13. The vehicle air guiding system according to claim 11, wherein a contouring shape of the connecting link guide is configured to determine a time sequence of movement of the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements and of the at least one central main air guiding element.

14. The vehicle air guiding device according to claim 1, wherein the lateral auxiliary air guiding elements are arranged to be hidden within the vehicle in the inoperative position of the at least one central main air guiding element.