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US 2017/0291649 A1Published application
Underbody air spat
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsJoseph D. Zuhlsdorf, Tommy E. Stubblefield
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an underbody opening to a wheel well, a wheel accommodated in the wheel well, a brake inside the wheel and an air spat at the underbody. The air spat has an upright Coanda surface open to free oncoming underbody airflow. The Coanda surface includes a trailing section aimed inside the wheel and at the brake.
Claims19
A vehicle, comprising:
- an underbody opening to a wheel well;
- a wheel accommodated in the wheel well;
- a brake inside the wheel;
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- an air spat at the underbody, the air spat having an upright Coanda surface open to free oncoming underbody airflow, the Coanda surface including a trailing section aimed inside the wheel and at the brake.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- an underbody opening to a wheel well;
- a wheel accommodated in the wheel well;
- a brake inside the wheel;
- and
- an air spat adjacent a front of the wheel, the air spat constructed as an upright flange, and having a stem extending rearward toward an inboard side of the wheel whose outside is open to, and convexly contoured to, free oncoming underbody airflow, with a Coanda surface defined along the outside of the stem, the Coanda surface including a trailing section aimed inside the wheel and at the brake.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.