Patent ID: 8226152
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A wind deflector system for a vehicle, configured to automatically deploy a deflector body from a stowed position inside a vehicle interior compartment to a deployed position extending through a window opening of the vehicle when a window is opened, and wherein the deflector body is configured for deflection from the deployed position to the stowed position by contact with the window as the window is moved from the open to the closed position, the deflector body is rotatable about a rotation axis to move from the stowed position toward the deployed position, and further including a lock structure to lock the deflector body in the deployed position and prevent rotation of the deflector body about the rotation axis in a locked condition, and which is automatically unlocked by contact of the deflector body with the window as the window is moved from the open position toward the closed position, and wherein the deflector body has a lower curved edge with an incline ramp surface contour, and a top edge of the window contacts the ramp surface contour of the deflector body as the window is raised from the open position, and wherein the ramp surface contour facilitates movement of the deflector body from the deployed position to the stowed position.