Aerodynamic stabilizer for use with a motor vehicle

摘要

There is provided an aerodynamic stabilizer assembly adapted to be mounted in the rear portion of the roof of a motor vehicle. The assembly includes a framework having a front edge and partitioned to define separate openings. A pair of elongated air deflection panels each sized to cover one of the framework openings and each air deflection panel being pivotedly mounted to the framework along a longitudinal axis at the front edge of the assembly framework and being pivotable between a lowered passive position and a raised active position. The assembly framework also includes a restraint for limiting the upward rotational movement of the rear edge of each of the panels beyond the raised active position. There is also provided a deflection plate mounted along the left side of the assembly framework and a rear air deflector located on and adjacent to the rear window and extending from the roof to the rear deck. When a motor vehicle is moving at a high rate of speed and is spinning out the low pressure of the air moving across the roof creates a pressure differential which acts on the panels and causes the panels to rotate to the active raised position thereby resulting in a downward force urging the motor vehicle against the road.