US 12,134,427 B2
Vehicle
Ian Gordon Murray, Puttenham (GB)
Assigned to Gordon Murray Automotive Limited, Shalford (GB)
Appl. No. 17/634,662
Filed by Gordon Murray Design Limited, Shalford (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071531
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/028234, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1911586 (GB), filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355871 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/00 (2013.01) [B62D 37/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle having external bodywork including an upper surface and an under surface,
the under surface having at least one aperture, and the vehicle comprising lower ducting located within the external bodywork and communicating with that aperture,
the upper surface having at least one aperture, and the vehicle comprising upper ducting located within the external bodywork and communicating with that aperture,
the upper ducting and the lower ducting leading to a fan adapted to selectively draw air through the respective ductings,
the vehicle further comprising a control unit adapted to receive information as to the vehicle dynamic state and, dependent on that state, draw air through the lower ducting or through the upper ducting.