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US5887280:
Wearable article for athlete with vortex generators to reduce form drag
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Waring, John; Orleans, Ont, Canada
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-03-30
/ 1998-02-20
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| Application Number: |
US1998000026727
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 7/00;
A41D 13/00;
A41D 31/00;
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IPC-7:
A41D 1/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D7/00; A41D13/00R; A41D31/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/069;
002/010;
002/067;
002/425;
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002/069;
002/425;
002/067;
002/010;
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| Field of Search: |
002/069,79,80,2.15,102,108,115,227,228,238,410,425,10,421,67,243.1
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| Abstract: |
A drag reduction arrangement for the body of an athlete moving through a fluid medium, comprises a device attachable to the athlete's body for delaying the onset of boundary layer separation at a trailing surface thereof The device preferably comprises an array of vortex generators. As a result, form drag is reduced by an amount which is substantially greater than any increase in skin friction due to the presence of the vortices.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hale, Gloria M.;
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| Parent Case: |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/613,515 filed on Mar. 11, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,734,990.
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AL AM AP AT AZ BB BG BR BY CH CN CZ DK EE ES FI GE HU IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LK LR LS LT LU LV MD MG FR GB IT
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I claim:
1. A wearable article for use by a person moving rapidly through a fluid medium in a longitudinal direction, said longitudinal direction defining a direction of fluid flow relative to said person, and said article having a drag reduction arrangement comprising an upstream row and at least one additional row of spaced vortex generators secured to said article, at least said upstream row being located on a line at least just upstream of a surface that is curved in said longitudinal direction, each said row of vortex generators being arranged so as to extend in a transverse direction relative to said fluid flow when said article is worn and said vortex generators being oriented so as to create trailing vortices extending in said longitudinal direction and having a height sufficient to extend into a boundary layer formed by the motion of the person through the fluid medium, whereby said vortex generators delay the onset of boundary layer separation and thereby reduce form drag, wherein said vortex generators comprise a pair of opposed strips arranged in a generally V-shaped arrangement with a gap between them at their apex.
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