Patents by Inventor Rose McCallen

Rose McCallen 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).

  • Vehicle underbody fairing
    Patent number: 7828368
    Abstract: A vehicle underbody fairing apparatus for reducing aerodynamic drag caused by a vehicle wheel assembly, by reducing the size of a recirculation zone formed under the vehicle body immediately downstream of the vehicle wheel assembly. The fairing body has a tapered aerodynamic surface that extends from a front end to a rear end of the fairing body with a substantially U-shaped cross-section that tapers in both height and width. Fasteners or other mounting devices secure the fairing body to an underside surface of the vehicle body, so that the front end is immediately downstream of the vehicle wheel assembly and a bottom section of the tapered aerodynamic surface rises towards the underside surface as it extends in a downstream direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jason M. Ortega, Kambiz Salari, Rose McCallen
  • Vehicle Underbody Fairing
    Publication number: 20090146453
    Abstract: A vehicle underbody fairing apparatus for reducing aerodynamic drag caused by a vehicle wheel assembly, by reducing the size of a recirculation zone formed under the vehicle body immediately downstream of the vehicle wheel assembly. The fairing body has a tapered aerodynamic surface that extends from a front end to a rear end of the fairing body with a substantially U-shaped cross-section that tapers in both height and width. Fasteners or other mounting devices secure the fairing body to an underside surface of the vehicle body, so that the front end is immediately downstream of the vehicle wheel assembly and a bottom section of the tapered aerodynamic surface rises towards the underside surface as it extends in a downstream direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Jason M. Ortega, Kambiz Salari, Rose McCallen