Patent ID: 7198139

Claim:
An air guide assembly operable to direct cooling air toward a brake assembly, said air guide assembly comprising a support structure and an air guide, said support structure being secured to a vehicle and said air guide being secured to said support structure in a position forward of the brake assembly, the air guide having a forward facing proximal end and a rearward facing distal end, and comprising: a generally U-shaped, planar front wall disposed at the proximal end of the air guide, generally perpendicular to forward motion of the vehicle; first and second lateral support wings extending rearwardly and upwardly from the front wall; a generally planar air funneling wall integrally secured to the front wall, the first lateral support wing, and the second lateral support wing, said air funneling wall extending distally from the front wall so as to define the distal end of the air guide; wherein said first and second lateral support wings are adapted to be directly and removably attached to the vehicle support structure from below the support structure while the air funneling wall extends upwardly and rearwardly from the front wall and cooperates with the support structure to define an air passageway that is gradually reduced in cross-section toward the distal end of the air guide so as to transform a relatively low pressure incoming air stream into a relatively higher pressure outgoing air stream, said outgoing air stream being directed toward the brake assembly so as to cool the brake assembly.