Aerodynamic device and motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAlejandro Cristian Vagni
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Abstract
A motor vehicle having an interior compartment which is at least partially enclosed by windows is provided. At least one windshield or one side window or one rear window is assigned an aerodynamic device which is designed to, when an air flow impinges on the aerodynamic device, generate turbulence at a surface, facing toward the interior compartment, of the window. The aerodynamic device is also provided.
Claims12
A motor vehicle comprising;
- an interior compartment at least partially enclosed by a window, wherein the window is assigned an aerodynamic device including a body having (a) an incident-flow region and (b) a flow-off region, wherein said flow-off region faces toward an interior surface of the window and is adapted to generate turbulence in an air flow impinging upon the aerodynamic device, wherein the aerodynamic device, including the incident-flow region and the flow-off
- region, is transparent, and wherein the body of the aerodynamic device is pyramid shaped and the turbulence comprises a plurality of eddy currents;
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- at least one air vent arranged in the interior compartment that generates the air flow in a direction of the aerodynamic device.
An aerodynamic device arranged in an interior compartment of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle at least partially enclosed by a plurality of windows and has at least one air vent arranged in the interior compartment that generates an air flow in a direction of the aerodynamic device, the aerodynamic device comprising:
- a transparent body including an incident-flow region and a flow-off region, said flow-off region facing toward an interior surface of a window of the plurality of windows, wherein the transparent body has a shape of at least one pyramid and generates turbulence downstream from the flow-off region in the air flow impinging the incident-flow region of the transparent body, wherein the turbulence comprises a plurality of eddy currents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.