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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hermann Fasel, Tucson, AZ (US);
Albert Hack, Graz, AT;
Ralf Rossmanith, Oberstenfeld, DE;
Jörg Russow, Grafenau, DE;
Volker Schwarz, Altbach, DE;
Rainer Tiefenbacher, Steinenbronn, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 9/00 ;
Abstract
A motor vehicle has an outer contour around which the headwind flows when driving has associated with it flow-influencing structure to reduce the air resistance of the motor vehicle is known. The flow-influencing structure are movably mounted in a vicinity of the outer contour and can be activated periodically with the aid of drive devices in order to introduce suitably time-dependent disturbances into the flow of the headwind in the vicinity of the flow-influencing structure.