Vehicle wheel splash attenuator

Details Vehicle wheel splash attenuator Vehicle wheel splash attenuator

1992-08-17

1994-07-05

Johnson, Brian L.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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280851, B62D 2516

Patent

active

053261356

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle wheel splash attenuator has a deflection-suppressing member designed to be installed in a tire housing so as to face a tire and define a space of more than 15 mm between itself and the inner face of the tire housing. The deflection-suppressing member has strands formed therein which define a plurality of apertures through which muddy water flung by the tire is passed. The deflection-suppressing member thus suppresses the deflection of the muddy water impinging upon the tire housing. The opening ratio of the apertures is within a range of 25 to 55%, the diameter of the apertures elongated circumferentially of the tire is within a range of 30 to 150 mm, and the width of those strands defining the apertures and facing the tire is within a range of 2 to 15 mm. The cross-section of at least those strands projected toward the tire is shaped into a triangle whose apex is directed toward the tire and whose bottom is directed toward the tire housing.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3899192 (1975-08-01), Reddaway
patent: 4205861 (1980-06-01), Roberts et al.
patent: 4372570 (1983-02-01), Goodall

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