US 11,859,645 B2
Vehicle including embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics, and front bumper member
Hiroki Aoyanagi, Tokyo (JP); Hideki Hata, Tokyo (JP); and Masaya Sato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,579.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-190672 (JP), filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0154744 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. F15D 1/00 (2006.01); F15D 1/12 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC F15D 1/005 (2013.01) [B62D 35/007 (2013.01); B62D 37/02 (2013.01); F15D 1/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle including an embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics, the vehicle comprising:
a front bumper member provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle,
wherein on a surface of a side surface portion of the front bumper member, an embossed surface including a directional pattern for assisting an airflow to direct in one direction along the surface is formed, and
wherein the one direction is raised rearward relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.