Invention Application
- Patent Title: DOWNFORCE GENERATING DUCT FOR A VEHICLE
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Application No.: US15380209Application Date: 2016-12-15
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Publication No.: US20180170457A1Publication Date: 2018-06-21
- Inventor: Jason D. Fahland , Joshua R. Auden
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Main IPC: B62D37/02
- IPC: B62D37/02 ; B62D35/02 ; F15D1/00

Abstract:
A duct is configured for a vehicle having a vehicle body arranged along a longitudinal body axis. The vehicle body includes a first vehicle body end configured to face oncoming ambient airflow when the vehicle is in motion, a second vehicle body end opposite of the first vehicle body end. The duct has a fully-enclosed structure in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the longitudinal body axis. The duct also has a first port positioned to receive a portion of the oncoming airflow and a second port positioned to exhaust the portion of the oncoming airflow from the duct. The first and second ports together with the fully-enclosed structure are configured to generate an aerodynamic downforce on the vehicle body when the vehicle is in motion.
Public/Granted literature
- US10029746B2 Downforce generating duct for a vehicle Public/Granted day:2018-07-24
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