Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Patent
1990-08-20
1991-10-08
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
2961801, 2961805, 296208, 296185, 280848, B62D 3500
Patent
active
050548441
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an automobile which offers air resistance and lift which are lower than those for a conventional automobile, yet which is hardly changed in its external appearance. The reducing means includes over each front wheel 19 an air passage 4 formed as a hollow 1 made by recessing a body panel located above the wheel, the air passage 4 having an air inlet 2 at its front and an air outlet 3 at its rear. Air current flows smoothly through the hollow 1 located above the front wheel to the air outlet 3 which is on the same level at or located at a higher position than the air inlet 2, thereby reducing air resistance and lift to levels which are lower than those for the conventional automobile. In one aspect of the invention, the air passage 4 is covered by a bonnet 16, other outer shell portions, and a pivotally secured reverse lift plate 5 or a reverse lift member 12 is included. The reverse lift plate 5 or the reverse lift member 12 is made flush with the surrounding outer shell and is provided in such a manner that it does not represent an unsightly appendage which would change the appearance of the conventional automobile. In another aspect of the invention comparable air passages and reverse lift members are provided over each of the rear wheels as well, to further reduce the air resistance and to improve the stability of the vehicle during motion and when exposed to side winds.
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