Side splitter and splitter assembly with dive plane feature

US10315713B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Peter Thai · White Lake, US
• Michael Stephen Sylvester · Berkley, US
• Thomas Joseph Ciccone · Bloomfield, US
• Andrew Thomas Cunningham · Royal Oak, US
• Matthew Arthur Titus · Livonia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2019
• Expiry date: May 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/82
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A front splitter assembly includes a front splitter having a first end and a second end, a first side splitter at the first end and a second side splitter at the second end. Each side splitter includes a contoured body. Each side splitter includes a dive plane feature that increases generation of downforce at negligible drag cost.