Vehicle including embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics, and front bumper member
AssigneesSubaru Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroki Aoyanagi, Hideki Hata, Masaya Sato
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Abstract
A vehicle including an embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics includes a front bumper member provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle. On a surface of a side surface portion of the front bumper member, the embossed surface having a directional pattern for assisting an airflow to direct in one direction along the surface is formed. The one direction is raised rearward relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.
Claims18
A vehicle including an embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics, the vehicle comprising:
- a front bumper member provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle,
- wherein on a surface of a side surface portion of the front bumper member, an embossed surface including a directional pattern for assisting an airflow to direct in one direction along the surface is formed, and
- wherein the one direction is raised rearward relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.
A front bumper member to be provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a vehicle body of a vehicle, the front bumper member comprising:
- an embossed surface formed on a surface of a side surface portion of the front bumper member,
- wherein the embossed surface includes a directional pattern for assisting an airflow to direct in one direction along the surface,
- wherein the embossed surface is formed such that the one direction is raised rearward relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.