Motor vehicle with front-end diffuser
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1. A motor vehicle comprising:
- a forward structure paneling;
a wheel arch shell adjacent the forward structure paneling;
a flow duct having an inlet in the forward structure paneling at a region of a front-end positive pressure area of the motor vehicle and the flow duct having an outlet in proximity to the wheel arch shell;
an air conduit having a front end that is open in the flow duct and a rear end at the wheel arch shell;
a front-end diffuser that is open toward a ground surface, the front-end diffuser having opposed left and right guide walls and having an upper guide wall extending between the left and right guide walls, the upper guide wall having openings that communicate with the rear end of the air conduit; and
a valve arranged in the air conduit and being operative for opening and closing the air conduit and thereby varying a downforce of the motor vehicle in a region of a front axle of the motor vehicle.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle (1) has a front-end diffuser (7) that is open toward a ground surface, and has a device arranged in the region of the diffuser (7) and for varying the downforce of the motor vehicle in the region of a front axle of the motor vehicle. The device has an air conduit (12) with an inlet (13) in the region of a front-end positive pressure area of the motor vehicle and has an outlet (14) in the region of the diffuser (7), and has means (16) for opening and closing the air conduit (12). The device enables the downforce of the motor vehicle in the region of the front axle can be varied.
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1. A motor vehicle comprising:
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a forward structure paneling; a wheel arch shell adjacent the forward structure paneling; a flow duct having an inlet in the forward structure paneling at a region of a front-end positive pressure area of the motor vehicle and the flow duct having an outlet in proximity to the wheel arch shell; an air conduit having a front end that is open in the flow duct and a rear end at the wheel arch shell; a front-end diffuser that is open toward a ground surface, the front-end diffuser having opposed left and right guide walls and having an upper guide wall extending between the left and right guide walls, the upper guide wall having openings that communicate with the rear end of the air conduit; and a valve arranged in the air conduit and being operative for opening and closing the air conduit and thereby varying a downforce of the motor vehicle in a region of a front axle of the motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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