Filed April 29, 2025; granted August 5, 2025. Application 19/193,270. Tesla assignee. Crook, Ward, Lemire.

US 12,377,920 B1 Adaptive vehicle aerodynamics for downforce

Fans, deployable skirts and different operating modes manage underbody pressure and grip. Strong technical relevance to suction/downforce research; no production installation established. Original abstract and drawing checked. A secondary article supplied the incorrect number 12,337,920 and a different title; the official PDF resolves that error.

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Filed April 29, 2025; granted August 5, 2025. Application 19/193,270. Tesla assignee. Crook, Ward, Lemire. Fans, deployable skirts and different operating modes manage underbody pressure and grip. Strong technical relevance to suction/downforce research; no production installation established. Original abstract and drawing checked. A secondary article supplied the incorrect number 12,337,920 and a different title; the official PDF resolves that error. Reading format: original paged PDF, preserving all technical drawings/tables and source pagination. This multi-section technical publication is presented as a paged long-work edition rather than duplicating it into large image/text PDFs. Image-only patent publication; full checked searchable transcription pending.

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