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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2023
Zf Cv Systems Europe Bv, Brussels, BE;
James Bruin, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV, Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A rear spoiler device for a commercial vehicle includes a fixed air panel extending in a longitudinal panel direction and having first leading and trailing edges. An actuatable air panel including second leading and trailing edges is coupled to the fixed air panel and actuatable in the longitudinal panel direction relative to the fixed air panel between a retracted position and a deployed position. The actuatable air panel is at least partially overlapped by the fixed air panel, thereby forming a plenum cavity between the actuatable air panel and the fixed air panel. In the deployed position, the actuatable air panel extends the first trailing edge in the longitudinal panel direction. The first leading edge includes a leading-edge inlet for an inlet airflow into the plenum cavity, the inlet airflow acting on the second leading edge in the longitudinal panel direction with a deploying force.