Airflow deflection system
AssigneeMcLaren Automotive Limited
InventorsAndrew Kay, Steven Digby Nicol, Scott Michael Shepherd
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising: a passenger compartment; a nose region forwards of the passenger compartment, the nose region having a top surface and a front; and a duct running from an inlet to an outlet to permit air flowing into the inlet to be channeled to the outlet, the inlet being positioned at the front of the nose region below the top surface and the outlet being positioned on the top surface of the nose region behind the inlet, the outlet being oriented so that air flowing through the outlet is directed in an upwards direction, the upwards airflow causing disruption to a rearward airflow moving towards the passenger compartment.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment;
- a nose region forwards of the passenger compartment, the nose region having a top surface and a front;
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- a duct running from an inlet to an outlet to permit air flowing into the inlet to be channeled to the outlet, the inlet being positioned at the front of the nose region below the top surface and the outlet being positioned on the top surface of the nose region behind the inlet, the outlet being oriented so that air flowing through the outlet is directed in an upwards direction and directed towards the front of the nose region, the upwards airflow causing disruption to a rearward airflow moving towards the passenger compartment, wherein the outlet comprises a first set of vanes running widthways across the outlet, where the vanes to either side of a central vane curve outwards along their length from being positioned inside the duct to an edge of the outlet exposed to the top surface of the nose region and wherein the first set of vanes are oriented to spread the upwards airflow in a lateral direction of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.