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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2023
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hanon Systems, Daejeon, KR;
Woo-Jae Kwon, Suwon-Si, KR;
Ji-Eun Yang, Wonju-Si, KR;
Sung-Wook Park, Daejeon, KR;
Ok-Ryul Min, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A flap automatically-locking active air flap apparatus for a vehicle, includes a four-link mechanism that connects a driveshaft rotated by an actuator and a rotation shaft which separated from the driveshaft and about which the flap is rotated. Force of a traveling wind of a vehicle that rotates the flap and force of an actuator that locks the flap are set to be exerted in different directions when a four-link mechanism closes the flap. Thus, auto-locking is realized in a force equilibrium state. Accordingly, the flap is prevented from being open although the traveling wind of the vehicle applies a wind pressure to the flap. With a function of automatically locking the flap, the actuator producing a same output as an actuator in the related art is used without employing a separate structure, such as a stopper.
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