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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey W Kirsch, La Jolla, CA (US);
Sabodh K Garg, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Systems, Science and Software, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 / ; 105 / ; 244130 ;
Abstract
An airvane for use with bluff vehicles and the like to reduce air drag thereon is disclosed wherein the airvane includes a curved portion and a generally planar portion. Such airvanes are mounted adjacent the corner edges of the vehicle, particularly the windward corner edges, and reduce separation of air along the rearwardly extending surfaces of the vehicle in a manner to reduce air drag and buffeting of the vehicle.