Title:
LIFT TYPE AIRFOIL ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLE WHEEL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/012648
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
This invention is an innovating solution to take advantage of the wind that invests the wheels, to transform it directly in power energy and to increase the driving force of the vehicles. The invention is a vehicle wheel that has at least one airfoil mounted thereon, the airfoil being arranged on the wheel body between the wheel rim and the central portion of the wheel. Keep driving, the airfoil deflects the air, resulting in an aerodynamic force can be resolved into two components: lift and drag. The air on the upper suction surface, which is longer than the lower pressure surface is forced to a flux with highest speed. Accounting for Bernouilli's principle the pressure on the upper suction surface will be less strong than the pressure on the lower pressure surface of the airfoil, for that the lift and the drag of the airfoil produce a downforce on the vehicle wheel. When airfoil is oriented at a suitable angle, the downforce exerts a torque about the central rotation axis of the wheel can be converted directly into driving force.
Inventors:
PISACANE ROBERTO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2013/002091
Publication Date:
March 13, 2014
Filing Date:
July 12, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PISACANE ROBERTO (IT)
International Classes:
B60B3/00; B60B19/00; B60K16/00
Foreign References:
| DE2656606A1 | 1978-06-15 | |||
| DE29900735U1 | 1999-06-10 | |||
| DE202006007983U1 | 2007-09-20 | |||
| FR93982E | 1969-06-13 | |||
| EP0601292A1 | 1994-06-15 | |||
| DE102008036919A1 | 2010-03-18 |
Download PDF:
Previous Patent: DEVICE TO INDUCE AN OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT
Next Patent: ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SHEET MATERIAL
Next Patent: ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SHEET MATERIAL