Aerodynamic device for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Nakaya
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Abstract
An aerodynamic device for a vehicle has, within a wheel house in which a front wheel is disposed, a movable liner portion which can, along a vehicle longitudinal direction, approach and move away from a vehicle longitudinal direction front side portion of the front wheel. When a traveling speed of a vehicle exceeds a predetermined speed, a lower portion of the movable liner portion approaches the front side portion of the front wheel. An aerodynamic device for a vehicle is obtained which can suppress flowing-in of air into a wheel house accompanying traveling of a vehicle.
Claims18
An aerodynamic device for a vehicle comprising:
- an aerodynamic member mounted so as to be able to, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, approach and move away from a vehicle longitudinal direction front side portion of a wheel, within a wheel house in which the wheel is disposed.
An aerodynamic device for a vehicle comprising:
- a flow regulating member, which is positioned forward of a wheel and downward of a front edge portion of a wheel house, for regulating a flow of air which accompanies traveling of a vehicle;
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- a driving structure driving the flow regulating member such that an amount of protrusion of the flow regulating member downward with respect to the front edge portion of the wheel house increases, by negative pressure which is generated at a front side of the wheel within the wheel house accompanying traveling of the vehicle.
An aerodynamic device for a vehicle comprising:
- an aerodynamic member having a movable surface within a wheel house in which a wheel is disposed, the movable surface being disposed so as to face a vehicle longitudinal direction front side portion of the wheel;
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- a moving structure moving the movable surface so as to make the movable surface approach the front side portion of the wheel in accordance with a speed of a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.