A wheel for a vehicle includes a wheel hub unit comprising, in turn, a stator portion to be coupled to a body of the vehicle by means of suspensions, a rotor portion and supporting means supporting the rotor portion on the stator portion in a rotatable manner about a rotation axis, a plurality of blades for a power absorbing turbomachine, and a deployment mechanism carried by a portion between the rotor portion and the stator portion and configured to conduct the blades between a deployed configuration, in which the blades are arranged so as to form an array of compressor blades adapted to compress an air flow along the rotation axis during the use of the vehicle, thereby resulting in a drag on the vehicle, and a rest configuration, in which the blades result in less drag on the vehicle than the deployed configuration.


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    Title :

    CONFIGURABLE WHEEL FOR A VEHICLE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2025-05-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F03D Windkraftmaschinen , WIND MOTORS / B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / H02K Dynamoelektrische Maschinen , DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES



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