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Patent No.:

US 7431381 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2006
Applicant:

Richard Michael Wood, Virginia Beach, VA (US);

Inventor:

Richard Michael Wood, Virginia Beach, VA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An improved method and device for the reduction of aerodynamic drag and for improved performance of bluff base vehicles by increasing the pressure on the bluff base of the vehicle by controlling the wake flow and the interaction of the wake flow with the vehicle bluff base region. An improved method and device for generating a reduction in drag force on the bluff base of a body moving through a fluid. The apparatus consists of two opposing panels attached to the bluff base and aligned approximately parallel to the side edge of the bluff base and lying in a plane that is parallel to the vehicle centerline. The drag force reduction results from controlling the flow entering the bluff base trailing wake from the left side surface, right side surface, bottom surface, and top surfaces of the vehicle. The objects and advantages also extend to other applications in which an object, body, or vehicle is moving through either a gas or a fluid.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Wood, Richard. (2008). Wake stabilization device and method for reducing the aerodynamic drag of ground vehicles (U.S. Patent No. 7431381). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7431381

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