VORTEX DRAG DISRUPTION SYSTEM A vortex disruption system for vehicles is disclosed, having a plurality of vortex disruption devices 10 5 mounted to roof and/or sides of the vehicle in spaced relation with the vehicle rear end. The vortex disruption devices 10 include a leading end 12, a trailing end 14, and a bottom 20 defining an isosceles triangular, left-hand and right-hand planar surfaces 16, which originate at leading end 12 and extend in diverging and inwardly slanted relation joining along a common upper edge 18. Trailing end 14 of the devices 10, when incorporated onto a vehicle, extends beyond the fluid dynamic boundary layer formed as 0 the vehicle moves through the air. The bottom 20 includes a transverse recess 22 and a pair of slotted apertures 14 for removable retrofitting of a plurality of devices 10 to roof and/or sides of the vehicle by a strap. Alternatively, they can be permanently retrofitted, or built into design of the vehicle.
Vortex Drag Disruption Apparatus
2022-03-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
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