A drive arrangement configured to pivot a tailgate pivotally coupled to a vehicle body, between an open position and a closed position and including a freewheel mechanism, a drive shaft, and a motor. The freewheel mechanism may be rotatably coupled to the vehicle body and defining an opening provided with an inner periphery that includes a first cam element and a second cam element. The drive shaft may be fixed to the vehicle body and extending into the opening. The drive shaft may define an outer periphery that includes a third cam element and a fourth cam element. A motor may be coupled to the freewheel mechanism and may be configured to rotate the freewheel mechanism so that the first cam element engages the third cam element to pivot the tailgate from the closed position towards the open position.

An aerodynamic system for a vehicle, includes: an air duct guiding air flow from a front compartment to the outside of the vehicle; and a rotating body mounted in the air duct and rotatable in the air duct. The rotating body may have a rotation axis along a transverse direction of the vehicle, and the rotating body may rotate around the rotation axis.

A moveable link for an active exterior component on a vehicle. The moveable link provides a sealed connection between the outer link and the base link and fixed link. This sealed connection prevents debris from contaminating the area where the outer link rotates about the pin, thereby preventing unwanted noises. Furthermore, the sealed connection also prevent corrosion between the outer link and the pin, which can lead to failure of the moveable link.

A removable spoiler or vehicle stabilizing apparatus for a pickup truck having a truck bed is provided. The spoiler comprises a spoiler shell constructed and arranged to fit securely on the truck bed, an interior spoiler frame, at least one mounting support configured to securely support the spoiler on the truck bed, and a plurality of spoiler securement and lifting elements. The spoiler may easily be installed or removed from the truck even while the truck is hitched to a travel trailer, camper trailer or the like. The spoiler may be installed or removed with any suitable device, such as a crane, jack, jack stands, cherry picker, auto cherry picker, travel trailer tongue-mounted lift/crane, lifts, roll on/off platform or the like. The spoiler may also be used as a multipurpose device, and may provide a golf cart enclosure, and may further comprise at least one utility shelf.

A method for operating an air guiding device of a motor vehicle includes adjusting an air guiding element of the air guiding device from a starting position into an active position which influences aerodynamics of the motor vehicle. The method further includes exerting feedback pertaining to the adjusting of the air guiding element on a motor vehicle occupant in a form of a relative movement acting on the motor vehicle occupant, where the relative movement is generated by an adjustment of a chassis and/or a seat system of the motor vehicle from a first position to a second position.

An airflow adjusting apparatus includes two or more airflow generators and a controller. The airflow generators are arranged in first and second directions along a surface of an object. The airflow generators are configured to generate respective airflows in parallel directions parallel along the surface of the object. The second direction intersects with the first direction. The controller is configured to control outputs from the respective airflow generators independently of each other. The controller is configured to cause a total output from the airflow generators in a first group to be greater than a total output of the airflow generators in a second group. The airflow generators in the first and the second groups are arranged side by side in an airflow generation direction. The airflow generators in the second group are adjacent to those in the first group.

A bumper assembly of a motor vehicle includes a cross-member which extends in the motor vehicle transverse direction and a front section which is arranged in front of the cross-member in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction. The front section is supported on the cross-member in the motor vehicle vertical direction via a support element. The support element is produced in one piece with the front section and is pivotable between a production position and a mounted position.

Disclosed is a high-integration-level plastic tail door, comprising a tail door upper outer plate, a tail light, a tail door lower outer plate, an inner plate, and a high brake light, wherein the tail door upper outer plate, as a whole, is integrated with a spoiler, a tail door windshield, a windscreen decorating member, and a high brake light cover; the tail door upper outer plate is of two layers and is formed by means of double-shot molding, with a first layer being a transparent layer and a second layer being a black non-transparent layer; a first open hole is provided at the position of the high brake light in a black non-transparent layer area; a second open hole is provided in the middle of the tail door windshield; and a hardened coating is arranged on the outer layer of the transparent layer.

The invention relates to a flow guiding apparatus of a motor vehicle, comprising a spoiler which is fastened to a tailgate of the motor vehicle, and to an adjustment kinematics device for adjusting the spoiler between a rest position, in which the spoiler is arranged in a flush-mounted manner in the tailgate, and at least one functional position, in which the spoiler is deployed beyond the vehicle contour or the surface of the tailgate with regard to the height and/or the angle. In order to achieve a downforce effect and/or braking effect and/or aerodynamic improvement during driving of the motor vehicle, the adjustment of the adjustment kinematics device takes place via actuable drive means. This flow guiding apparatus is intended to be developed in such a way that a multiplicity of operating positions of the spoiler can be set with a compact overall design and integration into the movable tailgate, with at least one operating position intended to fulfil the function of an air brake. For this purpose, the adjustment kinematics arrangement comprises at least one adjustment kinematics unit which is formed from a first adjustment kinematics system and a second adjustment kinematics system which is coupled to the former in an operatively connected manner, the first adjustment kinematics system being configured as a four-bar linkage and to set a deployment height, and the second adjustment kinematics system being configured as a four-bar linkage and to set a deployment angle, and an adjustment of the spoiler being a superimposed kinematic adjustment movement of the first and second adjustment kinematics system, and the first adjustment kinematics system comprising at least one pivoting axle which is mounted in a stationary manner and is pivotal via an electric motor as drive means, and the second adjustment kinematics system comprising a pivoting axle which is mounted in a stationary manner and is pivotable via a separately actuable electric motor as drive means.