Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermoplastic elastomer wheel deflector
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Application No.: US17516968Application Date: 2021-11-02
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Publication No.: US11654846B1Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Dean M. Jaradi , Mohammad Omar Faruque , S. M. Iskander Farooq
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60R19/00
- IPC: B60R19/00 ; B62D21/15 ; B60R21/00

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a vehicle body defining a front wheel well. The vehicle includes an inflatable device that is a thermoplastic elastomer. The inflatable device is inflatable from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The vehicle body defines a cavity and the inflatable device has a forward chamber and a rearward chamber disposed in the cavity in the undeployed position. The forward chamber expands vehicle-forward from the vehicle body into the wheel well from the undeployed position to the deployed position. The rearward chamber expands vehicle-rearward along the cavity from the undeployed position to the deployed position.
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