A drag reducing device for a motor vehicle having a vehicle body and at least one substantially semi-circular wheel-well for receiving a wheel capable of vertical and rotational movements with regards to the vehicle body, the vehicle comprising unsprung masses associated with the at least one wheel; wherein the drag reducing device comprises a wheel-well cover configured to cover at least a portion of the wheel and of the wheel-well, a pivotal linkage pivotally connecting the wheel-well cover to the vehicle body, and a sliding linkage slidingly connecting the wheel-well cover to an element of the unsprung masses with one degree of freedom oriented in the vertical movement of the at least one wheel.
Drag reducing device for a motor vehicle
2025-05-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
DRAG REDUCING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DRAG OF A VEHICLE
European Patent Office | 2020
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