Aerodynamic brake cooling spoiler
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHermann Burst
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Abstract
An air-guidance device is provided for the front of a vehicle and is adapted to be attached near an outside edge near the bottom of the motor vehicle. A portion of the device is located on the bottom of the vehicle and extends longitudinally towards a wheel. This portion is provided with air-guiding channels used for cooling the brakes. Each air-guiding channel is constructed such that the bottom portion of the channel facing the road is open over at least a partial area of its longitudinal length. This arrangement provides cooling of the brakes and is simple to construct and mount to a vehicle.
Claims16
Vehicle brake cooling arrangement for direction cooling air to vehicle wheel brakes in response to movement of a vehicle, comprising
- a structural component for a bottom front portion of a motor vehicle;
- cooling air inlet means in said component, said inlet means configured along an underside of said component to admit a flow of brake cooling air in response to vehicle movement:
- cooling air outlet means disposable adjacent vehicle brake means to direct a flow of brake cooling air there against;
- brake cooling air guide channel means connecting the cooling air inlet and outlet means, said guide channel means being open in a downward direction along a substantial portion of its logitudinal length to thereby control the flow of cooling air entering the air inlet means to improve vehicle aerodynamic characteristics, said guide channel means extending upwardly in the rearward direction toward the cooling air outlet means when in an in use position on said vehicle.
An arrangement according to claim 14, further comprising deflecting element means extending alongside a vehicle wheel and including means for deflecting cooling air flowing through the guide channel means toward the vehicle brake means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.