An upper wheel fairing for increasing the propulsive efficiency of a wheeled vehicle having wheels otherwise exposed to headwinds, comprising a deflector panel or skirt assembly mounted upstream in front of a rearward wheel set, extending downward not lower than the axle, and arranged to deflect headwinds from impinging upon the high drag-inducing upper wheel surfaces downward onto the low-drag lower wheel surfaces.
WHEEL FAIRING DEFLECTING WIND ONTO LOWER WHEEL
31.12.2015
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |