Airflow adjusting apparatus
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11897548B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-13

    申请号:US17369435

    申请日:2021-07-07

    IPC分类号: B62D35/02 H05H1/24

    CPC分类号: B62D35/02 H05H1/2439

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle includes a road clearance detector, an airflow generator, and a processor. The vehicle includes a vehicle body, a wheel attached to the vehicle body to be partly protruded downward from the vehicle body, and a suspension that holds the wheel to permit the wheel to make a vertical stroke relative to the vehicle body. The road clearance detector is configured to detect a road clearance. The road clearance is a vertical distance from a road surface to an underside of the vehicle body. The airflow generator is provided in an underneath of the vehicle body, and configured to generate an airflow. The processor is configured to allow the airflow generator to generate a downward airflow having a downward speed component, on the condition that the road clearance has been on the increase.

    Airflow adjusting apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11660953B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US17237891

    申请日:2021-04-22

    IPC分类号: B60K11/08 B60K11/06

    CPC分类号: B60K11/085 B60K11/06

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus includes a duct, a duct opening-closing unit for the duct, first and second airflow generators, and an airflow adjustment processor. The duct has an inlet open toward a front of a movable body and an outlet that guides an airflow to an air-blowing target inside the movable body. The first and second airflow generators are provided respectively on first and second faces, opposed to each other, of an inner surface of the duct. The airflow adjustment processor performs, if the duct opening-closing unit is closed, vortex flow formation control of causing the first airflow generator to generate a first airflow that directs to the outlet side with respect to the duct and causing the second airflow generator to generate a second airflow that directs to the inlet side with respect to the duct.

    Airflow adjusting apparatus
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11993321B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17369540

    申请日:2021-07-07

    IPC分类号: B62D35/02 B60R16/03 F15D1/00

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle includes a first airflow generator and a second airflow generator. The vehicle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel that are disposed in a vehicle longitudinal direction to be partly protruded from a bottom surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle downward in a vertical direction of the vehicle body. The first airflow generator is provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle body and behind the front wheel, and configured to generate a first airflow moving backward of the vehicle. The second airflow generator is provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle body and behind the first airflow generator, and configured to generate a second airflow that deflects, vehicle-widthwise inward, an airflow flowing in from a side on which the first airflow generator is disposed.

    Airflow adjusting apparatus
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11691679B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-04

    申请号:US17347095

    申请日:2021-06-14

    IPC分类号: B62D35/02 B62D35/00

    CPC分类号: B62D35/02 B62D35/005

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle includes a flap and an airflow generator. The vehicle includes a wheel disposed to be partly protruded downward from a vehicle body of the vehicle. The flap is protruded, in front of the wheel, downward from the vehicle body. The airflow generator is provided in an underneath of the vehicle body and vehicle-widthwise inwardly from the wheel. The airflow generator is configured to generate an airflow vehicle-widthwise inward, and backward of the vehicle. The airflow moves obliquely relative to a vehicle longitudinal direction when the vehicle travels forward.

    Airflow adjusting apparatus
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11639203B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US16947997

    申请日:2020-08-27

    IPC分类号: B62D35/00 F15D1/00

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus to be installed in a vehicle includes two or more outward airflow generators and a controller. The outward airflow generators are disposed side by side in a vehicle front-rear direction in vicinity of an outer edge in a vehicle widthwise direction on an upper surface of a vehicle body on a front side of a windshield. The outward airflow generators are each configured to form an outward airflow with respect to the vehicle body. The outward airflow flows in a direction that is toward an outer side in the vehicle widthwise direction and toward a rear side of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the outward airflow generators.

    AIRFLOW ADJUSTING APPARATUS
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220033014A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17369653

    申请日:2021-07-07

    IPC分类号: B62D35/02 B60R16/03

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle includes an airflow ejector. The vehicle includes a wheel and a wheel housing including a cavity. The cavity is opened downward and laterally outward of a vehicle body of the vehicle, and houses a portion of the wheel. The airflow ejector is provided, in the cavity, on a front side of the vehicle relative to the wheel. The airflow ejector is configured to eject an airflow that forms a turbulence boundary layer adjacent to a surface of the wheel on a vehicle-widthwise inner side.

    AIRFLOW ADJUSTING APPARATUS
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220033013A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17369588

    申请日:2021-07-07

    IPC分类号: B62D35/02 B62D37/02 H05H1/24

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle includes airflow generators. The vehicle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel that are disposed in a vehicle longitudinal direction to be partly protruded from a bottom surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle downward in a vertical direction of the vehicle body. The airflow generators are provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle body and behind the front wheel. Each of the airflow generators is configured to generate an airflow along an underside of the vehicle body. The airflow has a speed component moving vehicle-widthwise inward. The airflow generators are disposed in a distributed arrangement in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

    Airflow adjusting apparatus
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11840286B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US17347052

    申请日:2021-06-14

    IPC分类号: B62D35/02 H05H1/24

    CPC分类号: B62D35/02 H05H1/2439

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle includes a flap and an airflow generator. The vehicle includes a wheel disposed to be partly protruded downward from a vehicle body of the vehicle. The flap is protruded, in front of the wheel, downward from the vehicle body. The airflow generator is configured to generate an airflow, and provided in an underneath of the vehicle body. The airflow generator is configured to generate an airflow. The airflow moves backward and downward of the vehicle and the airflow moves obliquely relative to a horizontal plane.

    Airflow adjusting apparatus
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11661122B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US17177281

    申请日:2021-02-17

    摘要: An airflow adjusting apparatus includes a downward airflow generator, a rearward airflow generator, and a controller. The downward airflow generator is configured to generate an airflow, and is disposed at a front edge of a movable body to generate the airflow traveling in downward direction. The rearward airflow generator is configured to generate an airflow, and is disposed at a lower surface of the movable body to generate the airflow traveling in a rearward direction. The controller is configured to perform switching between a lifting-force increase control and a lifting-force suppression control in accordance with a state of the movable body to execute one of the controls. The lifting-force increase control is a control of activating the downward airflow generator and deactivating the rearward airflow generator. The lifting-force suppression control is a control of deactivating the downward airflow generator and activating the rearward airflow generator.