Patent ID: 9469355
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B62D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A motor vehicle with a vehicle rear, a rear wheel and an underbody or an underbody covering extending to the vehicle rear, the underbody or the underbody covering rising toward the vehicle rear to define a diffuser, the diffuser having a front end rearward of the rear wheel and a rear end at the vehicle rear and defining a diffuser length extending from the front end to the rear end of the diffuser, the motor vehicle comprising: at least one adjustable air-guiding element having a front edge spaced rearward of the front end of the diffuser by a distance at least equal to one-half the diffuser length and a rear edge in proximity to the vehicle rear and substantially adjacent the underbody or the underbody covering, and a holding and adjustment device connected to the air-guiding element and being configured for extending the air-guiding element from an upper rest position substantially adjacent the diffuser down toward a ground contact area on which the vehicle is supported, the holding and adjustment device further being configured for moving the air guiding element into a plurality of operative positions by pivoting the air-guiding element about an axis of rotation arranged substantially in a center of the air-guiding element and running transverse to a direction of travel.