Patent ID: 8316974

Claim:
An adjustable radiator grill arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one air channel, through which an air flow for the incident flow of a radiator can be guided, having a first grill element and a second grill element, which are moveable relative to one another, in order to open or to close the air channel, wherein the first grill element comprises a closing edge, which is disposed at a distance from a counteredge when the air channel is opened and adjacent to the counteredge when the air channel is closed, wherein the first grill element comprises an elastically deformable closing element, which forms the closing edge, wherein the closing element comprises a tubular element composed of an elastically deformable material, which encloses a cavity, and wherein a web, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the tubular element, is arranged in the tubular element, wherein the tubular element is designed to vary its volume at least between an opening volume for opening of the air channel and a closing volume for closing of the air channel, and wherein the tubular element is fixed to the second grill element or to a carrier element and is designed to close an aperture in the second grill element or the carrier element, when the closing volume is established.