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An air channeler device is provided for use with a vehicle having a forward and rearward end for reducing wind resistance of the vehicle. The air channeler has an air inlet for positioning within an air stream surrounding the vehicle so that air is received in the inlet as the air stream moves about

An air channeler device is provided for use with a vehicle having a forward and rearward end for reducing wind resistance of the vehicle. The air channeler has an air inlet for positioning within an air stream surrounding the vehicle so that air is received in the inlet as the air stream moves about the vehicle. An air discharge is provided for positioning at a generally central location of the rearward end of the vehicle and has a width that is substantially less than the width of the rearward end of the body so that the air discharge is spaced inward from the edges of the rearward end. An air conduit couples to the vehicle and has a generally tubular passageway that is in communication between the air inlet and the air discharge for directing air from the air inlet through the conduit to the discharge. The air conduit may also be formed into two sections wherein one section is coupled to a movable portion of the vehicle, and wherein movement of the movable portion causes engagement and disengagement of the two sections.

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An air channeler device is provided for use with a vehicle having a forward and rearward end for reducing wind resistance of the vehicle. The air channeler has an air inlet for positioning within an air stream surrounding the vehicle so that air is received in the inlet as the air stream moves about

An air channeler device is provided for use with a vehicle having a forward and rearward end for reducing wind resistance of the vehicle. The air channeler has an air inlet for positioning within an air stream surrounding the vehicle so that air is received in the inlet as the air stream moves about the vehicle. An air discharge is provided for positioning at a generally central location of the rearward end of the vehicle and has a width that is substantially less than the width of the rearward end of the body so that the air discharge is spaced inward from the edges of the rearward end. An air conduit couples to the vehicle and has a generally tubular passageway that is in communication between the air inlet and the air discharge for directing air from the air inlet through the conduit to the discharge. The air conduit may also be formed into two sections wherein one section is coupled to a movable portion of the vehicle, and wherein movement of the movable portion causes engagement and disengagement of the two sections. y reduce electromigration therefrom. Planarization, as by CMP, may be performed subsequent to diffusion/alloying to remove any remaining elevated, alloyed or unalloyed portions of the at least one thin layer. The invention finds particular utility in "back-end" metallization processing of high-density integrated circuit semiconductor devices having sub-micron dimensioned metallization features.