Abstract: A movable grille shutter for a vehicle includes a fin adapted to be provided at a grille opening portion and being operated so as to freely open or close the grille opening portion through which ambient air is taken in, a drive source for driving the fin, a driving force transmitting mechanism for transmitting a driving force from the drive source to the fin and a flexible member being linked to the driving force transmitting mechanism and being deformed for operating the fin to open the grille opening portion in a case where a load that is equal to or more than a predetermined value is acted thereon.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2011
Date of Patent:
May 20, 2014
Assignee:
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventors:
Kenji Hori, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshimasa Asano, Masumi Nishikawa