Patent ID: 7780223

Claim:
An active front skirt for a vehicle, comprising: an airfoil positioned in an air stream existing when the vehicle is moving forward; an airfoil positioning mechanism attached to the vehicle and to the airfoil, the airfoil positioning mechanism allowing the airfoil to move between a first position when the vehicle is stationary and a second position when the vehicle has attained an upper limit velocity, the airfoil being moved to the second position through interaction with the air stream; a movable front skirt connected to the airfoil to correspondingly move with the airfoil between a raised position and a lowered position, wherein, in the raised position, a ground clearance of the front skirt is increased and in the lowered position, the front skirt deflects an increased portion of the air stream to lower an aerodynamic drag on the vehicle; a pivoting arm attached between the airfoil and the movable front skirt to pivotably connect the movable front skirt with respect to the airfoil.