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Motor vehicle front surface air guide comprising mechanical weakness areas

US10226994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE · FR

Inventors

Thierry Roussel · Avallon, FR
Arnold Fayt · Ambérieu-en-Bugey, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 23, 2015
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Y2306/01
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air guide for the front surface of a motor vehicle including a channel for sealably channelling the air entering through the front of the vehicle to a cooling system when the air guide is mounted onto the vehicle, wherein the channel includes mechanical weakness areas defining programmed permanent shape-changing areas capable, along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, of shortening the air guide when said mechanical weakness areas change shape.

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