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US 12,703,440 B2Granted
Vehicle including aerodynamic device control and system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsAlexander N. Nastov, Carlos Martinez, Abdulrahman Al-Shanoon
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Abstract
A vehicle including a first aerodynamic device extending from a body of the vehicle and movable between an extended position and a retracted position and an aerodynamic control module configured to determine wind conditions during forward movement of the vehicle and to move the first aerodynamic device between the extended position and the retracted position based on the determined wind conditions.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- a first aerodynamic device extending from a body of the vehicle and movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- an on-vehicle sensor;
- data processing hardware;
- and
- memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware and storing instructions that, when executed on the data processing hardware, cause the data processing hardware to perform operations, the operations comprising an aerodynamic control module configured to:
- determine, using the on-vehicle sensor, current wind conditions during forward movement of the vehicle, wherein the current wind conditions comprise a wind direction and a wind magnitude;
- confirm, using remotely obtained weather data, the current wind conditions;
- determine that the current wind conditions are sustained;
- and
- based on the current wind conditions being confirmed and sustained, move the first aerodynamic device between the extended position and the retracted position based on the current wind conditions.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a first tire deflector extending from a body of the vehicle proximate to a first tire located on a driver side of the vehicle and movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a second tire deflector extending from the body of the vehicle proximate to a second tire located on a passenger side of the vehicle and movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- an on-vehicle sensor;
- data processing hardware;
- and
- memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware and storing instructions that, when executed on the data processing hardware, cause the data processing hardware to perform operations, the operations comprising an aerodynamic control module configured to:
- determine, using the on-vehicle sensor, current wind conditions during forward movement of the vehicle, wherein the current wind conditions comprise a wind direction and a wind magnitude;
- confirm, using remotely obtained weather data, the current wind conditions;
- determine that the current wind conditions are sustained;
- and
- based on the current wind conditions being confirmed and sustained:
- move the first tire deflector and the second tire deflector into the extended position during a headwind condition;
- and
- move one of the first tire deflector and the second tire deflector into the extended position and the other of the first tire deflector and the second tire deflector into the retracted position in a crosswind condition.
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A system comprising:
- data processing hardware;
- and
- memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware and storing instructions that, when executed on the data processing hardware, cause the data processing hardware to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- determining, using an on-vehicle sensor of a vehicle, current wind conditions during forward movement of the vehicle, wherein the current wind conditions comprise a wind direction and a wind magnitude;
- confirming, using remotely obtained weather data, the current wind conditions;
- determining that the current wind conditions are sustained;
- and
- based on the current wind conditions being confirmed and sustained, adjusting at least one aerodynamic device based on the current wind conditions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.