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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Applicants:
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/00 (2006.01); F15D 1/12 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/005 (2013.01); B62D 35/007 (2013.01); B62D 37/02 (2013.01); F15D 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle including an embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics includes a front bumper member provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle. On a surface of a side surface portion of the front bumper member, the embossed surface having a directional pattern for assisting an airflow to direct in one direction along the surface is formed. The one direction is raised rearward relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.