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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas C. Corke, Granger, IN (US);
Richard Spivey, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas C. Corke, Granger, IN (US);
Richard Spivey, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
University of Notre Dame Du Lac, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle includes a surface over which airflow passes. A plasma actuator is configured to generate plasma above the surface, the plasma coupling a directed momentum into the air surrounding the surface to reduce separation of the airflow from the surface. A method of reducing separation of airflow from a surface of the vehicle includes generating plasma in air surrounding the surface at a position where the airflow would separate from the surface in the absence of the plasma.