Patent ID: 11891126
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body including a front portion, an opposing rear end portion and an underbody portion configured to face a road surface; and
an active diffuser assembly disposed on the underbody portion and configured to control ambient airflow passing under the vehicle body, the active diffuser assembly including:
a fixed panel disposed on the vehicle underbody;
a movable active panel disposed adjacent the fixed panel and configured for selective movement to be deployed away from the vehicle body and to be retracted toward the vehicle body for stowage; and
an actuator configured to deploy and retract the movable active panel;
wherein the fixed panel and the movable active panel define a continuous plane when the movable panel is in a stowed position; and
wherein the movable active panel is configured to be deployed in a rearward translational movement in-line with the fixed panel.