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Undercarriage panelling element for a vehicle and arrangement of an undercarriage panelling on a structure of the vehicle

US12296894B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Fuggmann · Stuttgart, DE
Jochen Schmid · Welzheim, DE
Ralph Manegold · Kornwestheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 6, 2021
Grant date	May 13, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 1, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/88
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An undercarriage panelling element of a vehicle includes a first air guidance region, a second air guidance region that is attached to the first air guidance region rearwards in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and angled away from the first air guidance region, and a flow separation edge that is attached to the second air guidance region. The flow separation edge is disposed behind the second air guidance region in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and extends downwards away from the second air guidance region over its entire extension running in a vertical direction of the vehicle in parallel or obliquely to the vertical direction of the vehicle, A rear axle of the vehicle on which wheels are mounted is disposed behind the undercarriage panelling element in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

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