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US 12,649,529 B2Granted
Car with engine mounted on movable floor portion
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorFabrizio Favaretto
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Abstract
A car is provided with a support frame defining part of a lower floor of the car, with a passenger compartment projecting upwards from the lower floor, with a driving engine to move the car, and with an aerodynamic bottom, which is at least partly fixed to the support frame, defines part of the lower floor and has a fixed portion locked on the support frame and a movable portion locked on the driving engine and movable relative to the fixed portion.
Claims8
A car comprising:
- a support frame (2) defining part of a lower floor (3) of the car;
- a passenger compartment (4) projecting upwards from the lower floor (3);
- a driving engine (12) to move the car;
- and
- an aerodynamic bottom (5) at least partly fixed to the support frame (2) and defining part of the lower floor (3);
- and
- characterized in that the aerodynamic bottom (5) comprises a fixed portion (16) locked on the support frame (2) and a movable portion (18;
- 22) locked on the driving engine (12) and movable relative to the fixed portion (16);
- wherein the fixed portion (16) has an annular shape and extends around the movable portion (18;
- 22);
- wherein the fixed portion (16) has an inner peripheral edge (21) and the movable portion (18;
- 22) has an outer peripheral edge (20;
- 23);
- and
- wherein the outer peripheral edge (20) of the movable portion (18) is bent upwards from a bottom wall (19) of the movable portion (18) and extends above and around the inner peripheral edge (21) of the fixed portion (16).
12 more elements
A car comprising:
- a support frame (2) defining part of a lower floor (3) of the car;
- a passenger compartment (4) projecting upwards from the lower floor (3);
- a driving engine (12) to move the car;
- and
- an aerodynamic bottom (5) at least partly fixed to the support frame (2) and defining part of the lower floor (3);
- and
- characterized in that the aerodynamic bottom (5) comprises a fixed portion (16) locked on the support frame (2) and a movable portion (18;
- 22) locked on the driving engine (12) and movable relative to the fixed portion (16);
- wherein the driving engine (12) comprises a cylinder head (14), a crankcase (13) and a drive shaft (15) extending above the cylinder head (14);
- the movable portion (18;
- 22) of the aerodynamic bottom (5) being fixed to the cylinder head (14) of the driving engine (12).
8 more elements
A car comprising:
- a support frame (2) defining part of a lower floor (3) of the car;
- a passenger compartment (4) projecting upwards from the lower floor (3);
- a driving engine (12) to move the car;
- and
- an aerodynamic bottom (5) at least partly fixed to the support frame (2) and defining part of the lower floor (3);
- and
- characterized in that the aerodynamic bottom (5) comprises a fixed portion (16) locked on the support frame (2) and a movable portion (18;
- 22) locked on the driving engine (12) and movable relative to the fixed portion (16);
- wherein the fixed portion (16) has an annular shape and extends around the movable portion (18;
- 22);
- wherein the fixed portion (16) has an inner peripheral edge (21) and the movable portion (18;
- 22) has an outer peripheral edge (20;
- 23);
- and
- wherein the aerodynamic bottom (5) further comprises an annular gasket (24), which is elastically deformable and is interposed between the outer peripheral edge (23) of the movable portion (22) and the inner peripheral edge (21) of the fixed portion (16).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.