Vehicle wind deflector
US4339145A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/82
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automobile wind deflector assembly comprising a blade mounted on an automobile body by a pair of mounting brackets. The blade has at least one pair of alignment flanges and a pair of attachment flanges. Each mounting bracket has at least one flange cooperable with one of said blade alignment flanges and a mounting flange cooperable with one of said blade mounting flanges. The fasteners securing the brackets to the vehicle and the blade to the brackets are all obscured from view, providing the wind deflector blade with a smooth contoured outer surface uninterrupted by fasteners or the like while also providing a construction wherein the brackets can be mounted on the vehicle and then the blade mounted to the brackets. A pad may also be set between the bracket and the vehicle surface, which may have further alignment flanges to align said blade in cooperation with additional alignment flanges extending from the blade. The blade attachment flanges may comprise one set of the additional alignment flanges.
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