Aerodynamic system and adjustable fairings
AssigneeFlowbelow Aero, Inc.
InventorsJoshua Butler, Kyle Walker, Redza Shah, Timothy Uys
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Abstract
Embodiments provide an aerodynamic fairing system that may comprise a base configured to mount to a vehicle, an arm coupled to the base at a proximate end and extending laterally, and a fairing mounted to the arm having an inboard and an outboard surface. The fairing outboard surface may provide an aerodynamic outer surface to direct flow to an angle to the rear. The arm may be a fixed or adjustable length arm. The arm may provide a mounting area for a mud flap such that aerodynamic system may act as a mud flap hanger. Embodiments also provide an adjustable mud flap hanger.
Claims13
A method, comprising:
- mounting a forward fairing on a vehicle such that the forward fairing begins inboard of an outer tire tread edge of a forward drive wheel and progresses outwards with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- and
- mounting a rear fairing on the vehicle such that the rear fairing begins inboard of an outer tire tread edge of a rear drive wheel and progresses outwards with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the rear fairing has a non-planar cross-section in a transverse direction of the vehicle.
A method, comprising:
- mounting a forward fairing at least partially in front of a drive wheel of an axle with respect to a longitudinal direction of a vehicle;
- and
- mounting a rear fairing at least partially aft of the drive wheel, wherein the forward fairing and the rear fairing each include a respective first portion made of a first material and a respective second portion adjoining the first portion and wherein the second portion is made of a second material that is different from the first material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.