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US 11,230,330 B2Granted
Variable aerodynamic device
AssigneeMcLaren Automotive Limited
InventorsDan Parry-Williams, Tom Cordingley-Clark, Alex Alexiev
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body comprising a first body panel; and a first variable aerodynamic device comprising: a first spoiler that is resiliently deformable between a lowered position and a raised position, the first spoiler being formed from part of the first body panel; and a first actuator configured to move the first spoiler between the lowered position and the raised position.
Claims22
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body comprising a first body panel;
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- a first variable aerodynamic device comprising:
- a first spoiler that is resiliently deformable between a lowered position and a raised position, the first spoiler being formed from part of the first body panel;
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- a first actuator configured to move the first spoiler between the lowered position and the raised position;
- a first connecting arm configured to pivot about a rotational axis located at a first position on the first connecting arm, the first connecting arm being pivotally connected to the spoiler at a second position;
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- a second connecting arm connected to the first connecting arm so as to rotate with the first connecting arm and be positionally fixed relative to the first connecting arm, the second connecting arm being pivotally connected to the actuator at a third position, the third position being towards the second position along the second connecting arm.
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An automobile having an underside and a rear, the automobile comprising:
- an automobile body having a rear;
- two variable aerodynamic devices positioned at the rear of the automobile body to either side of a longitudinal centreline of the automobile;
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- a rear diffuser comprising:
- a first air channel configured to direct air from the underside of the vehicle to a first outlet at the rear of the vehicle;
- and a second air channel configured to direct air from the underside of the vehicle to a second outlet at the rear of the vehicle, the first and second air channels being located on opposite sides of a longitudinal centreline of the vehicle;
- and the two variable aerodynamic devices each being aligned with a respective one of the first and second outlets of the air channels.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body comprising a first body panel and a second body panel;
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- a first variable aerodynamic device and a second variable aerodynamic device;
- the first variable aerodynamic device comprising:
- a first spoiler that is resiliently deformable between a lowered position and a raised position, the first spoiler being formed from part of the first body panel;
- a first actuator configured to move the first spoiler between the lowered position and the raised position;
- the second variable aerodynamic device comprising:
- a second spoiler that is resiliently deformable between a lowered position and a raised position, the second spoiler being formed from part of the second body panel;
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- a second actuator coupled to the second spoiler for moving the spoiler between the lowered position and the raised position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.