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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2013
Applicants:
Jeffrey M Niemi, Milford, MI (US);
Praveen Joseph John, Chennai, IN;
Inventors:
Jeffrey M Niemi, Milford, MI (US);
Praveen Joseph John, Chennai, IN;
Assignee:
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A deployable air dam for an automotive vehicle has panel, a plurality of four-bar linkages coupling the panel to a front of the vehicle, and an electric clutched actuator coupled to the four-bar linkages for moving the panel of the air-dam between a deployed and an undeployed position wherein the panel extends vertically down from a bottom of a bumper of the vehicle when in the deployed position.