Active Spoiler Lighting Assembly for Rear Lamp Aerodynamics
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Solution Overview
Problem
The design of vehicle spoilers is challenging due to interference with rear lamps, necessitating an improved integration of spoilers and lamps to enhance vehicle aerodynamics and performance.
Innovation Solution
A vehicular active spoiler-type lighting device with an air current adjustment module that protrudes from the vehicle body to adjust air current direction and includes a drive module for insertion or protrusion, a lamp module for lighting, and a controller for operation, allowing for reduced aerodynamic resistance and enhanced lighting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a spoiler is mounted within the vehicle body to reduce aerodynamic resistance, then vehicle traveling performance is improved, but the design becomes challenging due to interference with the rear lamp
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the spoiler and rear lamp into a single integrated assembly. The lamp module is positioned within or adjacent to the air current adjustment module, allowing both aerodynamic functionality and lighting functions to coexist in one structure, thereby reducing design complexity while maintaining performance benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated assembly serves multiple functions simultaneously: the air current adjustment module provides aerodynamic resistance reduction, while the lamp module provides lighting signals. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate spoiler and lamp designs, resolving the interference issue
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the air current adjustment module protrudes to improve aerodynamics, then vehicle traveling performance is enhanced, but the structure becomes more complex with insertion recess and drive module
Solution Approach 1:
The air current adjustment module is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to protrude or retract based on driving conditions. The drive module enables this dynamic adjustment, optimizing aerodynamics only when needed while maintaining a streamlined appearance at other times
Solution Approach 2:
The air current adjustment module can be inserted into a recess formed in the vehicle body when not in use. This nesting approach allows the protruding element to be stored within the vehicle body contours, reducing visual complexity while maintaining aerodynamic functionality when deployed
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AI summary
A vehicular active spoiler-type lighting device and a vehicular active spoiler-type lighting method includes an insertion recess formed in a vehicle body, an air current adjustment module inserted into the insertion recess and protruding out of the insertion recess, thereby changing a direction of air current flowing along a surface of the vehicle body, a drive module mounted in the insertion recess, connected to the air current adjustment module, and configured to insert the air current adjustment module into the insertion recess or to pull the air current adjustment module out of the insertion recess, and a lamp module configured to provide lighting to the air current adjustment module.