Patent ID: 9738328
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B62D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A splitter system for a vehicle having a vehicle body arranged along a longitudinal body axis and including a first vehicle body end configured to face incident ambient airflow, the splitter system comprising: a splitter body having a first splitter body side-section and a second splitter body side-section and configured to be mounted at the first vehicle body end and generate an aerodynamic downforce on the first vehicle body end when the vehicle is in motion; and a mechanism configured to selectively and individually translate each of the first splitter body side-section and the second splitter body side-section along the longitudinal body axis away from the first vehicle body end into the incident ambient airflow and toward the first vehicle body end out of the incident ambient airflow to thereby adjust a magnitude of the aerodynamic downforce generated by each of the first splitter body side-section and the second splitter body side-section on the first vehicle body end.