Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – With distinct wind deflector
Patent
1997-05-05
1999-08-24
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
With distinct wind deflector
296217, 296219, B62D 3500
Patent
active
059415959
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for increasing the reducing the lift and drag of a soft top passenger vehicle having a soft top having first and second edges in which the point at which flow over the vehicle separates is determined by conventional techniques and an aerodynamic deflector is provided and attached to the roof of the vehicle forward of the separation point at a position that maximizes aerodynamic efficiency.
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Argeropoulos John G.
Doolittle, III William W.
Forster Rolls F.
Gleason Mark E.
Schroeder Del C.
Chrysler Corporation
Coughlin William J.
Pedder Dennis H.
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