A motor vehicle has a wheel 1 in a case 2 and an air duct 10 with an adjustable flap 20 at a junction 13 which either steers air by an outer flank wheel 32 to form an aerodynamic air curtain, or diverts the air into a gap between an inner wheel flank 4 and an inner case wall 25 for brake cooling. The flap can be moved by inertia of a weight 22 with sprung return, or electric motor (34, fig 3) with a control circuit that keeps the air on brake 9 based on estimated heat released. Inlet 11 to duct 10 is in bumper cover 3 or a radiator grille. Thus un-aerodynamic turbulence when brake cooling is not needed is avoided.


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    Title :

    Motor vehicle with ventilated wheel case


    Contributors:
    MARC WOLF (author) / SAIM YIGIT (author)

    Publication date :

    2016-08-24


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F16D COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION , Nicht schaltbare Kupplungen / B60T Bremsanlagen für Fahrzeuge oder Teile davon , VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF



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