Automobile provided with wheel well deflectors
US8523270B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D35/008
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes at least one wheel designed to turn in a well defined by a wheelhouse. The vehicle also includes a wheel deflector of an elongate overall shape extending from the wheelhouse towards the wheel with one end provided with a radius R corresponding substantially to an exterior radius of the wheel. The deflector is arranged in an upper portion of the wheelhouse and extends longitudinally on each side of a median plane of the wheel passing through an axis of rotation of the wheel, with an overall angular length L between 1/20 and ¼ of an external circumference of the wheel.
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