Patent ID: 9193399
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B62D,F15D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A device for reducing aerodynamic drag of a ground vehicle, the device comprising: a tubing having an intake port, an exit port, and a plurality of venturis; and, a compressed air source being fluidly connected to the intake port; wherein the plurality of venturis is disposed between the intake port and the exit port; wherein each venturi from among the plurality of venturis has a throat and a venturi opening on an outer periphery of the venturi to remove a portion of a fluid from a boundary layer of the ground vehicle; and, wherein a venturi from among the plurality of venturis being disposed closer to the intake port has at least one of a larger throat cross-section and a larger venturi opening diameter than a venturi being disposed closer to the exit port.