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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Koshi Yamada, Toyota, JP;
Toshio Tanahashi, Toyota, JP;
Hisashi Yabuki, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhiko Omasa, Toyota, JP;
Yoji Kanehara, Toyota, JP;
Nagataka Sassa, Toyota, JP;
Naohiko Saito, Toyota, JP;
Narito Fujii, Toyota, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ohkita, Toyota, JP;
Masaaki Morimoto, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhiro Maeda, Toyota, JP;
Taro Yamashita, Toyota, JP;
Fumiatsu Suzuki, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle and a manufacturing method thereof is provided in which separation of positively charged airflow from a positively charged surface of a vehicle body can be prevented. A vehicle body is insulated from a road surface, and positive static charges accumulate on the vehicle body during propulsion. The vehicle comprises a self-discharge device that is adapted to decrease a positive potential of at least any one of specific points at which positively charged airflow flowing along a vehicle surface deviates therefrom, during propulsion of the vehicle, by discharging static electricity to produce negative ions according to the positive potential of the specific point.