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US 10,946,910 B2Granted
Downforce duct
AssigneeMcLaren Automotive Limited
InventorArthur Danny Slight
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Abstract
A vehicle having an underside, the vehicle comprising a first duct configured to channel air from a first outlet at the underside of the vehicle to a second outlet away from the underside of the vehicle so that when the vehicle is in forward motion the underside of the vehicle in front of the first outlet is at a lower pressure than the underside of the vehicle behind the first outlet.
Claims20
A vehicle having an underside and being supported on a running surface, the vehicle comprising
- a first duct configured to channel air from a first inlet located at the underside of the vehicle to a first outlet away from the underside of the vehicle, the first inlet being acutely angled relative to the underside of the vehicle, the vehicle being a ground effect vehicle configured so that the underside of the vehicle is in sufficient proximity to the running surface so that when the vehicle is in forward motion the underside of the vehicle in front of the first inlet is at a lower pressure than the underside of the vehicle behind the first inlet and a flow of air entering the region between the underside of the vehicle and the running surface is accelerated in the region between the underside of the vehicle and the running surface to generate downforce on the vehicle.
A vehicle having an underside, the vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment and a nose region forward of the passenger compartment;
- a heat exchanger located in the nose region;
- a cooling duct located in the nose region configured to channel air through the heat exchanger;
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- a first duct located in the nose region, adjacent to the cooling duct, wherein the cooling duct and first duct are separate ducts that do not share any inlets or outlets and wherein the first duct is configured to channel air from a first inlet located at the underside of the vehicle to a first outlet away from the underside of the vehicle, the first inlet being acutely angled relative to the underside of the vehicle, so that when the vehicle is in forward motion the underside of the vehicle in front of the first inlet is at a lower pressure than the underside of the vehicle behind the first inlet.
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