Patents by Inventor Fahad Ghallab AL-AMRI

Fahad Ghallab AL-AMRI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Viscous drag reduction apparatus for vehicles
    Patent number: 10351180
    Abstract: Described herein are a viscous drag reduction apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a pair of rollers connected to a supporting surface on a roof of the vehicle, a belt having a frictional surface and partially wrapped around the pair of rollers, such that the pair of rollers allow the belt to rotate in response to an air flow generated around the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion, the pair of rollers having a length in an axial direction that is at least as long as a width of the belt, an assembly of the pair of rollers and the belt being at least partially recessed with respect to a top line of the roof, and a reverse flow cover connected to the front end of the roof of the vehicle to block an air back flow generated by the belt when rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventors: Fahad Ghallab Al-Amri, Muhammad Umar Siddiqui
  • VISCOUS DRAG REDUCTION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20190047640
    Abstract: Described herein are a viscous drag reduction apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a pair of rollers connected to a supporting surface on a roof of the vehicle, a belt having a frictional surface and partially wrapped around the pair of rollers, such that the pair of rollers allow the belt to rotate in response to an air flow generated around the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion, the pair of rollers having a length in an axial direction that is at least as long as a width of the belt, an assembly of the pair of rollers and the belt being at least partially recessed with respect to a top line of the roof, and a reverse flow cover connected to the front end of the roof of the vehicle to block an air back flow generated by the belt when rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventors: Fahad Ghallab AL-AMRI, Muhammad Umar SIDDIQUI