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US 11,230,328 B2Granted
Through-body duct
AssigneeMcLaren Automotive Limited
InventorsDan Parry-Williams, Arthur Danny Slight
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising: a front surface exposed to the front of the vehicle; a forward ground-engaging wheel; a wheel arch defined by the body of the vehicle, the forward wheel being at least partially located in the wheel arch in at least one configuration of the wheel; and a duct extending from the front surface into the wheel arch, the duct being substantially unobstructed throughout its length.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a front surface exposed to the front of the vehicle including a front lamp unit of the vehicle;
- a forward ground-engaging wheel;
- a wheel arch defined by the body of the vehicle, the forward wheel being at least partially located in the wheel arch in at least one configuration of the wheel;
- and
- a duct extending along a length from the front surface into the wheel arch, the duct being unobstructed throughout the length of the duct,
- wherein the duct has an opening in the front surface and the opening is located immediately outboard of the front lamp unit.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a front surface exposed to the front of the vehicle;
- a forward ground-engaging wheel;
- a wheel arch defined by the body of the vehicle, the forward wheel being at least partially located in the wheel arch in at least one configuration of the wheel;
- a duct extending along a length from the front surface into the wheel arch, the duct being unobstructed throughout the length of the duct;
- and
- a side-mounted lamp unit whose outboard surface is exposed at the exterior of the vehicle and whose inboard surface defines at least in part the outboard wall of the duct.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a front surface exposed to the front of the vehicle;
- a forward ground-engaging wheel having an axis;
- a wheel cover located immediately outboard of at least part of the forward wheel, the wheel cover being mounted so as not to rotate with the wheel about the wheel's axis;
- a wheel arch defined by the body of the vehicle, the forward wheel being at least partially located in the wheel arch in at least one configuration of the wheel;
- and
- a duct extending along a length from the front surface into the wheel arch, the duct being unobstructed throughout the length of the duct and configured so as to direct air flowing through the duct on to the outboard surface of wheel cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.