US 11,840,288 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 Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/947,994.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-178526 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0094631 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 37/02 (2006.01); F15D 1/10 (2006.01); B62D 25/18 (2006.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01); B60C 13/00 (2006.01); B60B 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 37/02 (2013.01) [B60R 16/033 (2013.01); B62D 25/18 (2013.01); F15D 1/10 (2013.01); B60B 21/12 (2013.01); B60C 13/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An airflow adjusting apparatus to be installed in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
an airflow generator that is provided on an inner surface of a wheel house or on a wheel, the wheel house providing a wheel containing section of a vehicle body, the wheel being contained in the wheel containing section, the airflow generator being configured to generate an airflow that flows from the wheel containing section toward an outer side in a vehicle widthwise direction; and
a controller configured to control the airflow generator.