Motor vehicle front bumper molding with air spoiler

• US 4,778,212 A
• Filed: 04/17/1987
• Issued: 10/18/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Tomforde, Johann
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stormer, Russell D.
• Application Number:
  US07/039,229
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 296/1 S, 293/117
• US Class Current: 296/180.1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 35/005 Front spoilers B62D35/001 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/82 Elements for improving aerodynamics
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 180/903 Airstream reactive vehicle or vehicle structure

Abstract

The application relates to a front bumper moulding for motor vehicles with an integrated bumper wherein lateral portions of the front bumper moulding are designed so that they can be swung out or extended from a retracted to an extended position, thus providing an unchanged appearance at a retracted position when the vehicle is stopped and at low driving speeds and an especially favorable flow behavior at high vehicle driving speeds, and wherein lateral portion of the front bumper moulding are located in front of the vehicle front wheels and are designed as moveable air spoiler elements.

Claims

1. A front bumper moulding means for a motor vehicle having lateral portions that can be moved from a retracted to an extended bumper position for air spoiling purposes wherein said lateral portions of said front bumper moulding means are located in front of the vehicle front wheels and means to move the lateral portions to act as an air spoiler means for the motor vehicle.

2. A front bumper moulding means according to claim 1, wherein the moveable lateral portions have outside edges and are surrounded laterally on their outside edges by fixed parts of the front bumper moulding means.

3. A front bumper moulding means according to claim 1, wherein the moveable lateral portions are pivotable about an axis transverse to the vehicle for providing the movement from the retracted position and wherein the pivot axis is located in a region of the lateral portions away from the front bumper and fowards the rear of the vehicle.

4. A front bumper moulding means according to claim 1, wherein the moveable lateral portions are moveable in guide means from the retracted to the extended position.

5. A front bumper moulding means according to claim 4, wherein the guide means extend obliquely downwards and outwards to direct the lateral portions downward and outward during movement from the retracted to the extended position.

6. A front bumper moulding means according to claim 1, wherein the means to move the lateral portions is responsive to the speed of the motor vehicle.

7. A front bumper moulding means according to claim 1, wherein the means to move the lateral portions extends the lateral portions to a position dependent on the speed of the motor vehicle.