US Patent Issued to Lightyear IPCo on Nov. 4 for "Vehicle with bottom structure for reducing aerodynamic resistance" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,583, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Lightyear IPCo B.V. (Helmond, Netherlands).

"Vehicle with bottom structure for reducing aerodynamic resistance" was invented by Jorden David Steenbeek (Utrecht, Netherlands), Annemiek Jeanine Koers (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and Federico Garcia Lopez (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle comprising a bottom structure arranged at a bottom rear side of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is an automobile for use on public roads, wherein the bottom structure: comprises at least a vortex part which is inclined upwards when seen in a direction from a front end of the vehicle to a re...