Vehicle spoiler arrangement

US4889382A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Burst · Rutesheim, DE
• Jurgen Durm · Ditzingen, DE
• Helmut Kretschmer · Waldaschaff, DE
• Georg Schuhmann · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 1989
• Grant date: Dec 26, 1989
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01P11/10
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rear engine hood and a spoiler arrangement for the rear area of a vehicle body is disclosed. The spoiler arrangement is movable from an inoperative position flush with the body contours into an operative position to serve as a spoiler. A fan is assigned to the rear engine for taking in cooling air via air inlet openings of the spoiler arrangement, which cooling air acts upon a radiator mounted below the spoiler arrangement. In its operative position, the spoiler arrangement extends at a distance to the body, whereby, between the spoiler arrangement and the body, a rear transversely extending gap area and lateral gap areas are formed. These gap areas are covered by cover elements, achieving not only a targeted admission of cooling air to the radiator but also ensuring that undesirable exhaust gases or dirt particles are kept away from the fan.