Road vehicle provided with a central aerodynamic channel and proper powertrain system
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorAlessandro Segalini
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Abstract
Road vehicle comprising: four wheels, at least a pair of them being drive wheels; a passenger compartment configured to accommodate at least a driver; a vehicle body comprising a front portion and a rear portion relative to the passenger compartment along a travel direction; a powertrain system; a central aerodynamic channel at least partially arranged under the passenger compartment along a central longitudinal axis of the road vehicle; wherein the central aerodynamic channel seamlessly extends from a first aperture arranged in the area of the front portion to a second aperture arranged in the area of the rear portion of the vehicle body; wherein the powertrain system is at least partially arranged laterally to the central aerodynamic channel.
Claims11
A road vehicle (1) comprising:
- four wheels (2), of which at least one pair of wheels (2) is driven;
- a passenger compartment (3) configured to accommodate at least a driver;
- a vehicular body (4) comprising a front portion (6) and a rear portion (7) relative to the passenger compartment (3) along a travel direction (D);
- a powertrain system (10);
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- a central aerodynamic channel (17) arranged at least partially below the passenger compartment (3) along a central longitudinal axis (A) of the road vehicle (1);
- wherein the central aerodynamic channel (17) extends seamlessly from a first aperture (18) arranged at the front portion (6) to a second aperture (19) arranged at the rear portion (7) of the vehicular body (4);
- wherein the powertrain system (10) is arranged at least partially laterally to the central aerodynamic channel (17);
- wherein the powertrain system (10) comprises at least two electric actuators systems (13) comprising, each, at least one electric motor (14) and respective motion transmission elements (15) configured to transmit the motion of each electric motor (14) to at least one drive wheel (2) via a respective drive axle shaft (16);
- wherein the electric motors (14) are arranged at a distance that is equal to or smaller than 500 mm from the central aerodynamic channel (17).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.