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US 11,891,121 B2Granted
Wheel casing
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsPirooz Moradnia, Matthew L. Metka, Pratap Thamanna Rao
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AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsPirooz Moradnia, Matthew L. Metka, Pratap Thamanna Rao
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A wheel casing for a vehicle having a wheel assembly including a wheel and a tire. The wheel casing includes a body portion positionable adjacent an inboard surface of the tire, and a brake cooling duct defining an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening. The air outlet opening is in fluid communication with a brake system component and the air inlet opening is positionable inboard of the body portion when the body portion is positioned adjacent the inboard surface of the tire, thereby providing cooling air flow through the brake cooling duct to the brake system component when the vehicle is in forward motion. The wheel casing further includes a suspension arm undercover extending inboard of the body portion and configured to protect predetermined components of the vehicle.
A wheel casing for a vehicle having a wheel assembly including a wheel and a tire, the wheel casing comprising:
A vehicle comprising:
An aerodynamic automotive vehicle apparatus for a wheel assembly including a wheel and a suspension system, the apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.