Patent ID: 8789879
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A deflector apparatus for a vehicle including a deflector that is installed at a front edge portion of an opening portion formed in a roof portion of the vehicle and that is capable of being unfolded so as to protrude onto the face of the roof portion, the deflector comprising: an upper frame and a lower frame that extend along the front edge portion of the opening portion and are made of resin; a mesh member that has both terminal portions in a lateral direction buried in the upper frame and the lower frame, respectively, and extends along the front edge portion of the opening portion; and a reinforcing member that is buried in the upper frame and extends along the front edge portion of the opening portion, wherein the reinforcing member is formed with a hollow portion that communicates in a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing member and opens from the upper frame at both ends thereof at a respective tip portion, the upper frame includes an arm portion that is turnably coupled to an edge of the opening portion, at a rear end portion that extends from the tip portion toward a rear of the vehicle, and an outer surface of the arm portion that is located farther toward the rear of the vehicle than the tip portion is arranged in a vehicle width direction at a position closer toward an inside in the vehicle width direction than the tip portion in a longitudinal direction of the mesh member.