Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wheel-well closure system for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle comprising such a system
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Application No.: US16647374Application Date: 2017-10-13
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Publication No.: US11352068B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Paolo Ballarin
- Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Agent Jeffri A Kaminski
- International Application: PCT/IB2017/001423 WO 20171013
- International Announcement: WO2019/073276 WO 20190418
- Main IPC: B62D25/16
- IPC: B62D25/16 ; B60B7/00 ; B62D35/00

Abstract:
A wheel-well closure system for a motor vehicle has a wheel-arch delimiting a wheel-well and a wheel mounted in the wheel-well, the system comprising: a support structure connected to the wheel-arch; and a cover connected to the support structure and covering the wheel-well; wherein the cover is made of a flexible material and is secured to the wheel arch; wherein the system comprises a continuous annular part secured to the wheel facing the cover and rotating with the wheel about a horizontal axis; and wherein the support structure comprises an arm extending radially in front of the continuous annular part and against the cover, a steering movement of the wheel about a vertical axis causing the continuous annular to push the support structure and stretch the cover outside the wheel-well.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200283072A1 WHEEL-WELL CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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