VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240359752A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18590959

    申请日:2024-02-29

    IPC分类号: B62D35/00 B60R19/48 B62D37/02

    摘要: A vehicle control system capable of improving aerodynamic performance of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle control system includes: a diffuser device installed on a rear bumper of a vehicle and configured to be movable between a storing position stored in the rear bumper and an extending position protruding from the rear bumper toward the rear of the vehicle; a natural wind detecting device installed on the vehicle to detect a direction of the natural wind relative to the vehicle; and a control device arranged on the vehicle and controlling movement of the diffuser device in response to the direction of the natural wind.

    SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240149958A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18548529

    申请日:2022-03-01

    IPC分类号: B62D37/02 B62D35/02

    CPC分类号: B62D37/02 B62D35/02

    摘要: Disclosed is a sealing assembly for forming an at least partial seal with a ground surface under a vehicle, the sealing assembly including: a frame; and a plurality of seal elements mounted adjacent to one another on the frame to form a sealing strip, wherein each of the seal elements is arranged to contact and slide along the ground surface; wherein the frame has a greater flexibility compared to each of the seal elements. By forming an at least partial seal with a ground surface under a vehicle, the sealing assembly may reduce air leakage into a low-pressure region formed by a downforce system, which may result in increased downforce produced by the downforce system. Such an increase in downforce may improve the vehicle's grip on the ground surface, which may improve its ability to travel around bends at high speed, as well as its ability to accelerate and decelerate.

    System and method of reducing aerodynamic drag of ground vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US11932317B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US17558647

    申请日:2021-12-22

    申请人: FORE TRANSIT INC.

    IPC分类号: B62D35/00 B62D37/02

    CPC分类号: B62D35/001 B62D37/02

    摘要: A system and method for reducing an amount of aerodynamic drag generated within a rear area of a vehicle includes positioning or manufacturing a plurality of devices in a selected pattern on at an exterior surface of the vehicle or a surface of an accessory attached to the vehicle, where each of the plurality of devices includes a flat surface and one or more non-flat surfaces, and the plurality of devices cause an airstream traveling along the side of the vehicle to curve behind the vehicle and provide a push in the forward direction.

    ACTIVE AERODYNAMICS SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230399063A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18334646

    申请日:2023-06-14

    IPC分类号: B62D37/02 B62D35/00 B62D35/02

    摘要: Disclosed is a vehicle comprising: a front end and a rear end, said front end and said rear end being located at a front height and at a rear height; a front aero assembly associated to and active in proximity and/or in correspondence of the front end and adapted to generate a front aerodynamic force; and a rear aero assembly associated to and active in proximity and/or in correspondence of the rear end and adapted to generate a rear aerodynamic force. The vehicle further comprises management and control system so as to contain and/or limit, under transient conditions comprising at least a longitudinal and/or lateral acceleration or deceleration of said vehicle occurring from said condition of travel at a given constant speed, variations of said front height and/or said rear height to be respectively greater or equal to a front end threshold height and a rear end threshold height.

    Diffuser system having a pivotable downforce-generating body in the flow path, and motor vehicle having a diffuser system

    公开(公告)号:US11827285B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17341491

    申请日:2021-06-08

    发明人: Karsten Grebel

    IPC分类号: B62D35/02 B62D37/02

    CPC分类号: B62D35/02 B62D37/02

    摘要: A diffusor system for a motor vehicle, including a diffuser duct, which extends along a virtual duct path and is traversable by flow in a flow direction, having at least one duct bounding surface which is curved about a diffuser curvature axis, the diffuser curvature axis forming an angle with the duct path, and including a downforce-generating body, which can pivot between two operating positions about a pivot axis, which is orthogonal to the duct path; in a cross-sectional plane, which is orthogonal to the pivot axis, the downforce-generating body having a profile that generates downforce in response to approach flow; in an activation operating position, a leading edge of the downforce-generating body, which is more proximate to the upstream longitudinal end of the diffuser duct, being at a greater distance from the curved duct bounding surface than in an inactivation operating position, which differs from the activation operating position; the pivot axis extends outside of the downforce-generating body.