US 11,840,286 B2
Airflow adjusting apparatus
Naoto Watanabe, Tokyo (JP); and Yusaku Dogahira, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/347,052.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-1728749 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0033009 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 35/02 (2006.01); H05H 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/02 (2013.01) [H05H 1/2439 (2021.05)] 20 Claims
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1. An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle, the vehicle including a wheel disposed to be partly protruded downward from a vehicle body of the vehicle, the airflow adjusting apparatus comprising:
a flap protruded, in front of the wheel, downward from the vehicle body; and
an airflow generator configured to generate an airflow, and provided in an underneath of the vehicle body and vehicle-widthwise inwardly from the wheel, the airflow moving backward and downward of the vehicle, and the airflow moving obliquely relative to a horizontal plane in a backward direction toward a rear side of the vehicle and a downward direction from the vehicle.