Patent ID: 9567017
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B62D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A system for airflow control of a moving ground vehicle, the system comprising: an actuator module, mounted on the vehicle, having at least one synthetic jet actuator configured to generate a synthetic jet, to modify an airflow around the vehicle; a sensor unit, mounted on the vehicle, having at least one environment sensor configured to capture environmental sensor data proximate the vehicle; a controller configured to receive the environmental sensor data from the sensor unit and to determine at least one of a drive frequency and a drive amplitude for controlling the at least one synthetic jet actuator, based on the received environmental data; and a power manager electrically coupled to the at least one synthetic jet actuator, the power manager configured to generate an oscillating voltage signal based on the at least one of the drive frequency and the drive amplitude determined by the controller, the oscillating voltage signal being used to drive the at least one synthetic jet actuator.