Patent ID: 9630662
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B62D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A vehicle having vehicle-body side surfaces provided with airflow passages, the vehicle comprising: front wheels; rear wheels; a vehicle body including vehicle-body side surfaces each provided with an airflow passage, the airflow passage being in a lower portion of the respective vehicle-body side surface, the lower portion being between a corresponding one of the front wheels and a corresponding one of the rear wheels, and the airflow passage extending from an underfloor space located below the vehicle body, to the vehicle-body side surface; and closure mechanisms each configured to close the airflow passage of a corresponding one of the vehicle-body side surfaces that receives a crosswind while the vehicle is in motion, wherein an extending direction of the airflow passage extending from the underfloor space toward the vehicle-body side surface is inclined toward a rear of the vehicle.