Air-deflecting arrangement

• US 4,200,327 A
• Filed: 08/04/1978
• Issued: 04/29/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Wepler, Manfred
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodman, Philip
• Application Number:
  US05/931,091
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 296/15, 296/91
• US Class Current: 296/91
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/2002 Wind deflectors specially adapted for preventing soiling, e.g. for side windows integral with sealing arrangements B60J10/72
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/06 mounted on vehicle exterior B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/56 specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior including cleaning devices B60R1/0602
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 35/00 Vehicle bodies characterised by streamlining

Abstract

An air-deflecting arrangement in a motor vehicle for maintaining a predetermined portion of a side window in a door of said motor vehicle substantially clear and unobscured from airborne road dust, said motor vehicle door having a bodywork portion located adjacent a forward edge of said side window and a rear-view mirror mounted on said door so as to be readily visible to an occupant of the vehicle through said predetermined portion of said side window, said air-deflecting arrangement comprising an air-deflecting edge member extending substantially vertically along said bodywork portion and adjacent said forward edge of said side window, said air-deflecting edge member being formed with a smoothly curved lip portion extending away from said side window such that, when the vehicle is in forward motion, the air stream passing said side window is deflected away from said predetermined portion and thus substantially prevented from depositing thereon any road dust and water entrained in said air stream.

Claims

1. An air-deflecting arrangement in a motor vehicle for maintaining a predetermined portion of a side window of said motor vehicle substantially clear and unobscured from airborne road dust, said motor vehicle having a bodywork portion located adjacent a forward edge of said side window and a rear-view mirror mounted on said vehicle so as to be readily visible to an occupant of the vehicle through said predetermined portion of said side window, said air-deflecting arrangement comprising an air-deflecting edge member extending substantially vertically along said bodywork portion and adjacent said forward edge of said window without forming any air space between said bodywork portion and said air-deflecting edge member, said air-deflecting edge member being formed with a smoothly curved lip portion extending away from said side window such that, when the vehicle is in forward motion, the air stream passing said side window is deflected away from said predetermined portion and thus substantially prevented from depositing thereon any road dust and water entrained in said air stream.

2. An air-deflecting arrangement in a motor vehicle for maintaining a predetermined portion of a side window of said motor vehicle substantially clear and unobscured from airborne road dust, said motor vehicle having a bodywork portion located adjacent a forward edge of said side window and a rear-view mirror mounted on said vehicle so as to be readily visible to an occupant of the vehicle through said predetermined portion of said side window, said air-deflecting arrangement comprising an air-deflecting edge member extending substantially vertically along said bodywork portion and adjacent said forward edge of said side window without forming any air space between said bodywork portion and said air-deflecting edge member, said air-deflecting edge member being formed with a smoothly curved lip portion extending away from said side window, and a surface portion that extends from adjacent said bodywork portion to said lip portion at an angle of substantially 30°

to said side window, such that, when the vehicle is in forward motion, the air stream passing said side window is deflected away from said predetermined portion and thus substantially prevented from depositing thereon any road dust and water entrained in said air stream.

3. An air-deflecting arrangement in a motor vehicle for maintaining a predetermined portion of a side window of said motor vehicle substantially clear and unobscured from airborne road dust, said motor vehicle having a bodywork portion located adjacent a forward edge of said side window and a rear-view mirror mounted on said vehicle so as to be readily visible to an occupant of the vehicle through said predetermined portion of said side window, said air-deflecting arrangement comprising an air-deflecting edge member extending substantially vertically along said bodywork portion and adjacent said forward edge of said side window without forming any air space between said bodywork portion and said air-deflecting edge member, said air-deflecting edge member being formed with a smoothly curved lip portion extending away from said side window, and a surface portion that extends from adjacent said bodywork portion to said lip portion at an angle of substantially 30°

to said side window, the lip portion of said air-deflecting edge member extending substantially parallel to the side window pane, and being formed with a curved surface facing said side window pane, such that, when the vehicle is in forward motion, the air stream passing said side window is deflected away from said predetermined portion and thus substantially prevented from depositing thereon any road dust and water entrained in said air stream.

4. An air-deflecting arrangement in a motor vehicle for maintaining a predetermined portion of a side window of said motor vehicle substantially clear and unobscured from airborne road dust, said motor vehicle having a bodywork portion located adjacent a forward edge of said side window and a rear-view mirror mounted on said vehicle so as to be readily visible to an occupant of the vehicle through said predetermined portion of said side window, said air-deflecting arrangement comprising an air-deflecting edge member extending substantially vertically along said bodywork portion and adjacent said forward edge of said side window without forming any air space between said bodywork portion and said air-deflecting edge member, said air-deflecting edge member being formed with a smoothly curved lip portion extending away from said side window such that, when the vehicle is in forward motion, the air stream passing said side window is deflected away from said predetermined portion and thus substantially prevented from depositing thereon any road dust and water entrained in said air stream, the air-deflecting edge member being located on said vehicle in a rearward position relative to said rear-view mirror so that, when the vehicle is in said forward motion, the air stream passing the vehicle flows past the rear-view mirror before flowing past said air-deflecting edge member.

5. An air deflecting arrangement according to claim 4, in which the lip portion of said air-deflecting edge member extends substantially parallel to the side window pane, and is formed with a curved surface facing said side window pane.

6. An air-deflecting arrangement in a motor vehicle for maintaining a predetermined portion of a side window of said motor vehicle substantially clear and unobscured from airborne road dust, said motor vehicle having a bodywork portion located adjacent a forward edge of said side window and a rear-view mirror mounted on said vehicle so as to be readily visible to an occupant of the vehicle through said predetermined portion of said side window, the side window of the vehicle is an openable window in a door of the vehicle, said window being movable between a raised, closed position in which it is housed in a window frame and a lowered, opened position in which it is housed in a slotted aperture in the bodywork of the door, said air-deflecting arrangement comprising an air-deflecting edge member extending substantially vertically along said bodywork portion from an upper point on a forward edge of said window frame to a point on the bodywork of the door adjacent said slotted aperture without forming any air space between said bodywork portion and said air-deflecting edge member, said air-deflecting edge member being formed with a smoothly curved lip portion extending away from said side window such that, wnen the vehicle is in forward motion, the air stream passing said side window is deflected away from said predetermined portion and thus substantially prevented from depositing thereon any road dust and water entrained in said air stream.

7. An air-deflecting arrangement in a motor vehicle for maintaining a predetermined portion of a side window in a door of said motor vehicle substantially clear and unobscured from airborne road dust, said door having a bodywork portion located adjacent a forward edge of said side window in the form of a triangular plate mounted on one edge to the bodywork of the door and on another edge to a forward edge of a window frame for said side window, which triangular plate is covered by an outer trim cover formed from a synthetic plastics material, and a rear-view mirror mounted on said triangular plate so as to be readily visible to an occupant of the vehicle through said predetermined portion of said side window, said air-deflecting arrangement comprising an air-deflecting edge member which forms an integral part of said outer trim cover, extending substantially vertically along said bodywork portion adjacent said forward edge of said side window and in a rearward position relative to said rear-view mirror without forming any air space between said bodywork portion and said air-deflecting edge member, said air-deflecting edge member being formed with a smoothly curved lip portion extending away from said side window, and a surface portion that extends from adjacent said bodywork portion to said lip portion at an angle of substantially 30°

to said side window, such that, when the vehicle is in forward motion, the air stream passing said side window is deflected away from said predetermined portion and thus substantially prevented from depositing thereon any road dust and water entrained in said air stream.