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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Peter Thai, White Lake, MI (US);
Michael Stephen Sylvester, Berkley, MI (US);
Thomas Joseph Ciccone, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Andrew Thomas Cunningham, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Matthew Arthur Titus, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01); B62D 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/008 (2013.01); B62D 35/005 (2013.01); B62D 35/02 (2013.01); B62D 37/02 (2013.01); Y02T 10/82 (2013.01);
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.