Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Apollo Vredestein B.v.

Apollo Tyres Global R&d B.v.

Steffen Hoelzel

Gerard Nijman

Markus Paulitsch

Mike Ludovica Karel Peeters

Dimitar Danev

Klaus Pfister

Louis-Phillippe Antoine Eugene Maria Reuvekamp

Mike Peeters

Fuat Kayadere

Bjorn Foerster

Dieter Jungert

Louis-Philippe Antoine Eugène Maria Reuvekamp

Joerg Russ

Chris Paulus

Florian Scheerer

Guido Berge

Matthias Baier

Bjoern Foerster

Gerlof Korte

Laura Van Den Bosch

Bart Oude Luttikhuis

A front spoiler assembly for a motor vehicle. The front spoiler assembly includes a spoiler lip which is arranged to extend at least partially in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle in a front area of the motor vehicle. The spoiler lip includes a front side, a spoiler lip outer edge which faces away from a front part of the motor vehicle, and at least two spoiler areas. At least one actuator device moves the at least two spoiler areas either separately or together from a retracted rest position to an extended spoiler position. The at least two spoiler areas are separated from each other at the front side of the spoiler lip by at least one depression form which extends into the spoiler lip outer edge.

Front spoiler assembly for a motor vehicle

An air guiding arrangement for a motor vehicle includes: a carrier arranged on a vehicle body, and on which an air guide is mounted such that the air guide is drivable from a retracted home position to an extended maximum position by a drive, a sensor arrangement that monitors the position of the air guide and is connected to a controller so as to transmit data corresponding to the position, the sensor arrangement comprising an electric field sensor arrangement to monitor the position of the air guide, at least one electromagnetic field source is provided in the air guide, and at least one electric field receiver, which is a sensor of the sensor arrangement, is provided in the carrier and/or in the vehicle body.

Air guiding arrangement for a motor vehicle

A method for producing a multi-component part () of a vehicle includes inserting an air-guiding device () having at least one contact portion () into a cavity () of a tool (). The method then includes heating a composite part () having at least one mating contact portion () to a melting point of at least one material of the composite part (), and heating the contact portion () of the air-guiding device () to a melting point of at least one material of the contact portion (). The method further includes inserting the heated composite part () into the cavity () of the tool () and pressing the heated composite part () into a geometry of the part while simultaneously forming an integrally bonded connection between the mating contact portion () of the composite part () and the contact portion () of the air-guiding device ().

Method for producing a multi-component part of a vehicle

An air-guiding arrangement for a motor vehicle has: a carrier, which is arranged on a body of the motor vehicle, and on which an air guide is provided such that it is driveable by a pneumatic drive with at least one air chamber for actuation, the at least one air chamber being arranged on the carrier such that the air guide is transferrable from a retracted basic position into a deployed maximum position, and at least one pneumatic supply line which, via at least one connector member, pneumatically connects the at least one air chamber to a pneumatics module of the pneumatic drive. The at least one pneumatic supply line is fixed to the carrier by at least one fastener.

Air-guiding arrangement for a motor vehicle

An underbody panel for a motor vehicle is composed of a lightweight sandwich material and is configured as a single part with at least one continuous folding connection () that is arranged between first and second portions of the underbody panel (). The first and second portions can be folded together via the folding connection () and, in the folded state, are substantially parallel to each other to reduce a size of the underbody panel during transport and storage. Additionally, the underbody panel is gap-free when installed on a motor vehicle.

Foldable underbody panel

Air guiding device () of a motor vehicle has an air guiding element () extending in the region of a forward structure part () of the motor vehicle completely or partially over the width thereof. An actuating element () can displace the air guiding element () between an extended operating position in which the air guiding element () has an aerodynamic air guiding effect, and a retracted inoperative position in which the air guiding element () has substantially no aerodynamic air guiding effect. The air guiding element () is formed at least in certain portions from an elastically deformable sheet-like element () whose outer contour can be brought into shape in such a way that the sheet-like element () ensures laminar flow guidance.

Air guiding device for a motor vehicle

An air guiding device () for a motor vehicle has a spoiler lip () mountable on a front part () of the motor vehicle via an adapter () and extends in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle. A pneumatic actuating device () shifts the spoiler lip () between a retracted rest position and an extended position. A flexurally elastic rod () is guided in a guide () near the free end of the spoiler lip (). The spoiler lip () is mounted on the adapter () so that the spoiler lip (), even in the retracted rest position, is under a prestress that opposes the shifting of the spoiler lip () out of the rest position into an extended position.

An air guiding device () for a motor vehicle, with a spoiler lip () extending in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle, and with a pneumatic actuating device () for the spoiler lip (), with the aid of which actuating device the spoiler lip () is shiftable between a retracted rest position and an extended position, wherein the pneumatic actuating device () has a pneumatic actuator () which is fillable with or is emptiable of air, wherein the pneumatic actuator () is divided in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle into a plurality of zones (), wherein the pneumatic actuator () has a plurality of air-fillable chambers () in each zone (), and wherein the chambers () are fillable with or are emptiable of air in a manner individual to the zones.

An air guiding device for a motor vehicle has a spoiler lip () extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle and an actuating device () for moving the spoiler lip () between a retracted rest position and an extended maximum position. The spoiler lip () is mounted on an adaptor () and the adaptor () is connected to a fastening device (). The air guiding device is connectable via the adaptor () and the fastening device () to a front panel () of the motor vehicle.

An air guiding device for a motor vehicle has a spoiler lip () extending in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle, and an actuating device () for the spoiler lip () in such a manner that the spoiler lip () is movable between a retracted rest position (RS) and an extended maximum position (MS). The spoiler lip () has, in the region of the longitudinal side () thereof which is directed toward a roadway, a flexurally elastic rod () that is guided movably in a guide device (). A displacement measuring device () detects a position of the rod member ().

A motor vehicle front spoiler has a spoiler lip () extending in the region of a front part of the motor vehicle over the entire width or part of the width of the front part. An actuating element () enables the spoiler lip () to be shifted between an extended operating position, in which the spoiler lip () forms a downwardly directed extension of the front part and acts as an aerodynamic air-guiding device, and a retracted inoperative position, in which the spoiler lip () is directed to the rear and essentially has no aerodynamic air-guiding effect. A portion () of the spoiler lip () that is at the bottom in the operating position of the spoiler lip () and is in the vicinity of the roadway can be replaced.

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Steffen Hoelzel