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US 12,687,208 B2Granted
Thermal management device
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorBalaji Hosadurgam Ravindranath
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Abstract
A thermal management device and method implemented by the same that includes plural blades configured to be disposed between a brake disc and a wheel hub, the blades circumferentially spaced apart from each other around the wheel hub, the blades one or more of positioned or shaped to increase an airflow from outside of the brake disc and the vehicle wheel to locations between the brake disc and the vehicle wheel relative to the blades not being positioned between the brake disc and the wheel hub.
Claims12
A thermal management device comprising:
- blades configured to be disposed between a brake disc and a wheel hub, the blades circumferentially spaced apart from each other around the wheel hub, the blades one or more of positioned or shaped to direct an airflow from outside of the brake disc and a vehicle wheel to locations between the brake disc and the vehicle wheel,
- wherein the blades radially extend from the wheel hub to a radially inner surface of the brake disk and the blades are spaced with gaps therebetween, and
- wherein the blades are coupled to the wheel hub and separate from the brake disc and a shaft coupled with the vehicle wheel.
A thermal management device comprising:
- a brake disc having a body that includes a wheel-facing surface and an opposite surface, the wheel-facing surface including protruding fins positioned to engage a vehicle wheel between a wheel hub and an outer circumferential surface of the vehicle wheel that engages a surface on which the vehicle wheel rolls, and
- a plurality of blades spaced with gaps therebetween disposed between an outer rim of the brake disc and an inner surface of the wheel,
- wherein the blades are coupled to the wheel hub and separate from the brake disc and a shaft coupled with the vehicle wheel, and
- wherein one or more of:
- (a) the body of the brake disc is formed from a first material, and the protruding fins are formed from a second material
- (b) the body of the vehicle wheel is formed from the first material, the protruding fins are formed from the second material, and the body of the brake disc is formed from a third material.
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