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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 03, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Paul K. Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Aaron Halonen, Brighton, MI (US);
Sashank Vuttaluru, Royal Oak, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A deflector mounts to a pickup truck. The deflector may include a mounting flange, mounted to and pivot with a bottom of a tailgate, and spaced from a rear bumper, and a louver extending downward from the mounting flange into a gap between the tailgate and the bumper, with the louver including a portion curving rearward as the louver extends downward such that air flow around the bumper from under the pickup truck is redirected upward along an outer panel of the tailgate.