Patent ID: 11912063
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle wheel comprising:
a hub disposed to rotate about a wheel axis;
a rim radially spaced from the hub; and
a fin comprising a surface extending between a first end coupled to the hub and a second end coupled to the rim, wherein at least a portion of the surface is angled relative to a plane to which the wheel axis is normal, wherein:
when the vehicle wheel rotates clockwise about the wheel axis, the fin pushes substantially all air impinging on the fin laterally in a first direction along the wheel axis; and
when the vehicle wheel rotates counterclockwise about the wheel axis, the fin pushes substantially all air impinging on the fin laterally in a second direction along the wheel axis, opposite the first direction.