Patent ID: 11964551
Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 9:
10. A vehicle comprising a first active grille shutter assembly and at least one further active grille shutter assembly, each of the first and second shutter assemblies comprising a plurality of vanes, each vane comprising:
a leading edge and a trailing edge whereby, in use, the vane is configured such that airflow passes around the vane from the leading edge to the trailing edge when the active grille shutter assembly having that vane is in an open configuration; and
a primary surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge;
wherein the leading edge, primary surface and trailing edge provide a continuous cambered attachment surface for the airflow passing over the primary surface;
wherein the trailing edge of the vane is configured to cooperate with the leading edge of an adjacent vane when said vanes are in a closed configuration, wherein the trailing edge comprises a concave shape configured to contact the cambered surface of the adjacent vane in the closed configuration; and wherein:
the primary surface of the at least one active grille shutter vane of the first active grille shutter assembly comprises an upper surface of the at least one active grille shutter vane when in the open configuration; and
the primary surface of the at least one active grille shutter vane of the at least one further active grille shutter assembly comprises a lower surface of the at least one active grille shutter vane when in the open configuration.