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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2011
Takumi Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Kitayama, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Kitayama, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An airflow deflector apparatus for a vehicle that protrudes downward from a vehicle body in front of a wheel housing that houses a wheel includes a flap portion having a front surface portion extending substantially in a lateral direction of a vehicle and a vertical direction, and a protrusion portion that protrudes toward a front of the vehicle from the front surface portion of the flap portion and is formed so as to have a shape that tapers toward a protrusion end portion side, in which the front surface portion of the flap portion, when the vehicle is running, changes a moving direction of airflow that flows along a surface of the protrusion portion into a direction away from components that are disposed rearward.