Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1996-02-21
1997-09-30
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296208, B60J 722
Patent
active
056719701
ABSTRACT:
A wind deflector for use in a sunroof for a motor vehicle includes an elongate body having a plurality of openings formed therethrough and spaced along a longitudinal extent of the body. The openings are each defined by an upper portion, a lower portion, and a pair of side portions disposed on opposite sides of the opening. The upper portion has an operative surface that extends downwardly as it extends rearwardly relative to the motor vehicle so as to be able to direct air downwardly and rearwardly through the sunroof aperture when the elongate body is in the deployed position. The lower portion has an operative surface which extends downwardly as it extends rearwardly relative to the motor vehicle and which generally converges with the operative surface of the upper portion as the operative surfaces of the upper and lower portions extend downwardly and rearwardly so as to enable air to be funneled generally vertically and through the opening and through the sunroof aperture. The pair of side portions connect the upper portion with the lower portion at opposite sides of the opening, respectively, and the side portions provide respective surfaces that are generally concave as they extend from the upper portion to the lower portion and that generally converge towards one another as they extend rearwardly relative to the motor vehicle so as to enable air to be funneled generally horizontally and through the opening.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4661671 (1987-04-01), Davis
patent: 5431477 (1995-07-01), Smith et al.
Pedder Dennis H.
Webasto Sunroofs Inc.
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