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US 8,757,701 B2Granted
Drag reduction device for transport vehicles having randomized irregular shaped edge vortex generating channels
AssigneeAeroserve Technologies Limited
InventorsJacques Y. Guigné, Ron Davidson
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Abstract
A drag reducing device for use on transport vehicles includes a delta wing having variable height and irregularly spaced undulations on an upper surface of each side of the wing. A length of each side of the delta wing is different than the length of the other wing side thereof.
Claims3
A drag reducing device for use on transport vehicles, comprising:
- a first raised side and a second raised side, the sides converging at one end thereof, a leading edge of each side with respect to a direction of motion of the drag reducing device having variable height and irregularly spaced undulations on an upper surface thereof;
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- wherein a length of the first side is different than a length of the second side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.