Vehicle with drag-reducing outer surface
AssigneeFast Skinz Inc.
InventorPeter C. SALAVERRY
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Abstract
A vehicle with a drag-reducing outer surface. A method of reducing aerodynamic or hydrodynamic drag on a vehicle includes the steps of: providing an outer surface on a body of the vehicle, with the outer surface including spaced apart turbulence-inducing structures thereon. The structures cause boundary layer separation to be delayed along a length of the body, thereby reducing a drag coefficient of the body. A vehicle wrapping product for reducing aerodynamic or hydrodynamic drag on a vehicle includes an outer surface for applying onto an opaque portion of a body of the vehicle. The outer surface includes a plurality of structures which induce turbulence and thereby delay separation of a boundary layer along a length of the body, to thereby reduce a drag coefficient of the body.
Claims19
A method of reducing aerodynamic or hydrodynamic drag on a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an outer surface on a body of the vehicle, the outer surface including spaced apart turbulence-inducing structures thereon;
- and
- whereby the structures cause boundary layer separation to be delayed along a length of the body, thereby reducing a drag coefficient of the body.
A vehicle wrapping product for reducing aerodynamic or hydrodynamic drag on a vehicle, the wrapping product comprising:
- an outer surface for applying onto an opaque portion of a body of the vehicle;
- and
- wherein the outer surface includes a plurality of structures which induce turbulence and thereby delay separation of a boundary layer along a length of the body, to thereby reduce a drag coefficient of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.