ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,060, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic bladder aerodynamic device" was invented by Pirooz Moradnia (Dublin, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a desired driving performance for a vehicle includes regulating a pressure inside a bladder, which defines an outer surface of the vehicle. A change in the bladder pressure changes the shape of the bladder, and thereby changes a shape of the outer surface of the vehicle, thus affecting the aerodynamics of the vehicle. The bladder pressure is regulated to be at a target bladder pressure based on the driving condition of the vehicl...