A low-noise pocket-type wheel guard is provided and includes a guard that is installed to face a surface of a tire in a vehicle, in which a noise reduction pocket is formed to protrude toward an interior of the vehicle in the guard. Since the noise reduction pocket is formed on the end portion of the wheel guard, in which a sound field is expected to be formed due to tire pattern noise, formation of a sound field due to the tire pattern noise is disturbed and prevented.

A rotating mudguard assembly having fixed and rotating parts includes a locking mechanism to limit the relative movement between the fixed and rotating parts of the assembly. The locking mechanism has a locking pin which can selectively engage with a locking plate, the pin and the plate on respective parts of the rotating mudguard assembly. The locking mechanism may be an integral part of the assembly, or the locking mechanism may be a kit of parts for installation on or retrofitting to an assembly.

Embodiments provide an aerodynamic fairing system that may comprise a base configured to mount to a vehicle, an arm coupled to the base at a proximate end and extending laterally, and a fairing mounted to the arm having an inboard and an outboard surface. The fairing outboard surface may provide an aerodynamic outer surface to direct flow to an angle to the rear. The arm may a fixed or adjustable length arm. The arm may provide a mounting area for a mud flap such that aerodynamic system may act as a mud flap hanger. Embodiments also provide an adjustable mud flap hanger.

In a deflector device, a magnet is rotated when a deflector body is rotated, and a magnetic sensor also detects a rotational position of the magnet. Moreover, an interior of a housing body is partitioned by a motor base into a vehicle width direction outside of the interior and a vehicle width direction inside of the interior, with the magnet housed on the vehicle width direction outside of the interior of the housing body. The magnetic sensor is housed on the vehicle width direction inside of the interior of the housing body. This accordingly enables foreign matter ingression from the vehicle width direction outside of the interior of the housing body into the vehicle width direction inside thereof to be suppressed by the motor base, enabling foreign matter to be suppressed from reaching the magnetic sensor.

In a deflector device, a magnet is rotated when a deflector body is rotated, and a magnetic sensor also detects a rotational position of the magnet. Moreover, an interior of a housing body is partitioned by a motor base into a vehicle width direction outside of the interior and a vehicle width direction inside of the interior, with the magnet housed on the vehicle width direction outside of the interior of the housing body. The magnetic sensor is housed on the vehicle width direction inside of the interior of the housing body. This accordingly enables foreign matter ingression from the vehicle width direction outside of the interior of the housing body into the vehicle width direction inside thereof to be suppressed by the motor base, enabling foreign matter to be suppressed from reaching the magnetic sensor.

Systems and methods for controlling movement of a mudflap hanger arm, to reliably return from a deflected position to a resting position, while providing improved manufacturability and reduced corrosion and wear through the use of guidance surfaces on a mounting plate and a frame seat that form the interface between the hanger arm and a vehicle frame. When the hanger arm pivots about an axis on one side of the mounting plate and frame seat, guidance surfaces on the opposite side are in contact or near-contact, preventing the mounting plate and frame seat from being laterally displaced or rotated with respect to each other. The improved mounting plate and frame seat can reduce or eliminate manufacturing operations such as welding, coating, etc., reducing the cost of the apparatus, while enhancing manufacturability and operation.

A vehicle wheel well covering for protecting a wheel well area of a vehicle. The vehicle wheel well covering includes a cover for covering a vehicle wheel well, a shovel assembly extending from the cover, a spine assembly supporting the cover, and a retention prong extending from the spine assembly. The shovel assembly is coupled to the spine assembly and includes a shoveling member and a handle coupled to the shoveling member.

A sheet for an automobile interior/exterior material provides excellent sound absorption performance. A sheet for an automobile interior/exterior material, which comprises a nonwoven fabric layer in which a fiber weight is 220 g/m.sup.2 to 1,000 g/m.sup.2 and an olefin resin layer laminated on one surface of the nonwoven fabric layer. The formation amount of the olefin resin layer is within a range from 100 g/m.sup.2 to 500 g/m.sup.2, the melt flow rate of the olefin resin is within a range from 1 g/10 minutes to 90 g/10 minutes. The nonwoven fabric layer is impregnated with at least a part of the resin in the olefin resin layer, the olefin resin layer is provided with a plurality of micropores. The sheet for an automobile interior/exterior material as a whole has air permeability of 1 to 60 (cm.sup.3/cm.sup.2.Math.second) in the thickness direction.

A quarter panel is configured for use with a vehicle having a forward end, a wheel, and a vertical surface located forward of the wheel. The quarter fender assembly includes a quarter fender in the form of an arcuate panel. The quarter panel is sized and configured to be mounted to the vehicle between the wheel and the vertical surface. The quarter panel assembly further includes a flexible flap mounted to an upper portion of the quarter fender. The flap has an at least partially arcuate forward surface.

A quarter panel is configured for use with a vehicle having a forward end, a wheel, and a vertical surface located forward of the wheel. The quarter fender assembly includes a quarter fender in the form of an arcuate panel. The quarter panel is sized and configured to be mounted to the vehicle between the wheel and the vertical surface. The quarter panel assembly further includes a flexible flap mounted to an upper portion of the quarter fender. The flap has an at least partially arcuate forward surface.