公开(公告)号：US20240166271A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US17991329

申请日：2022-11-21

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Brendan F. Diamond ,  Courtney Wright ,  Anthony Maraldo ,  David Michael Russell ,  Keith Weston

IPC: B62D25/18 ,  B60W40/06

CPC classification number: B62D25/182 ,  B60W40/06 ,  B60W2420/42 ,  B60W2520/26 ,  B60W2555/20

Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more actuatable mudflap portions provided to the vehicle, capable of deployment and retraction to respectively increase and decrease deflection of wheel-spray and receives vehicle sensor information indicating driving conditions. The vehicle examines the sensor information to determine the presence of a first condition predefined as suitable for deployment of at least one of the mudflap portions. Further, the vehicle examines the sensor information to determine that no one or more of second conditions predefined as blocking deployment are met and, responsive to the presence of the first condition and the absence of the second conditions, automatically deploys the at least one mudflap portion.