Patent ID: 9623848
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60T,B62D,F16D

Claim:
1. A duct assembly for cooling a brake assembly of a vehicle that is capable of traveling in at least a forward direction, the brake assembly including a front end that is disposed in front of a rear end in the forward direction of travel of the vehicle, the vehicle also including a sub-frame that is connected to the brake assembly by a suspension component, the sub-frame including an aperture in a bottom surface of a lower wall, the duct assembly comprising: a hollow inlet section that is disposed within the vehicle sub-frame, the hollow inlet section defining an aperture that is contiguous with the aperture defined in the bottom surface of the sub-frame such that the hollow inlet section is configured to capture air from beneath the vehicle sub-frame; a hollow intermediate section that communicates with the inlet section so as to form a contiguous channel therewith, the intermediate section being disposed entirely within the vehicle sub-frame; and a hollow outlet section that communicates with the intermediate section so as to form a contiguous channel between the inlet, intermediate and outlet sections, the outlet section being disposed and configured to direct the air captured by the inlet section to the front end of the brake assembly to thereby cool at least a portion of the brake assembly.