Patent ID: 7600615

Claim:
A brake duct assembly for use in communicating cooling air from a front portion of a vehicle to a front brake assembly of the vehicle, comprising: an inlet portion disposed in said vehicle front portion; an outlet portion disposed laterally inwardly from the front brake assembly and the inlet portion, through which cooling air flows out of said brake duct assembly toward the front brake assembly; and, a passageway portion extending between and fluidly connecting said inlet portion to said outlet portion such that an air stream flowing through said inlet portion is communicated to said outlet portion, wherein the passageway portion extends laterally inwardly from the inlet portion to the outlet portion, such that the cooling air flows in an inward direction through the passageway portion; wherein said outlet portion is spaced a distance from said front brake assembly and includes a plurality of fins that transforms the air stream from said passageway portion into a plurality of air streams and directs said plurality of air streams outwardly toward said front brake assembly to cool said front brake assembly, wherein said outlet portion includes an outlet face including an inward edge and a outward edge, said inward edge being disposed relatively rearwardly of said outward edge such that said outlet face is angled laterally outwardly, and wherein the outward edge of the outlet face has a relatively smaller opening area than the inward edge of the outlet face.