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US07748771B2 Apparatus to improve the aerodynamics, fuel economy, docking and handling of heavy trucks
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改善重型卡车空气动力学,燃油经济性,对接和处理的装置
- Patent Title: Apparatus to improve the aerodynamics, fuel economy, docking and handling of heavy trucks
- Patent Title (中): 改善重型卡车空气动力学,燃油经济性,对接和处理的装置
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Application No.: US11888241Application Date: 2007-07-31
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Publication No.: US07748771B2Publication Date: 2010-07-06
- Inventor: Richard Henry Distel , Richard Albert Distel
- Applicant: Richard Henry Distel , Richard Albert Distel
- Main IPC: B62D35/00
- IPC: B62D35/00

Abstract:
A device to alter and/or reduce the aerodynamic, base drag on and improve the stability of a bluff bodied vehicle, such as a heavy trailer with or without two aft vertically hinged doors, comprised of preformed, resilient, semi-circular airfoils permanently attached with hinges to the aft planar surface or the rear doors of the vehicle, at the vertical left and right corner edges, the horizontal top corner edge, the horizontal bottom corner edge of the vehicle, or at two or more of these positions. The airfoils self stow when the doors are opened and resume their initial shape when the doors are closed. If accidentally impacted, the airfoils deflect and then resume their initial shape. The airfoils can be fitted with compact air nozzles to blow air tangentially over their outer surfaces to enhance their effect. The device is inexpensive, lightweight and easily installed, replaced and retrofitted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090295189A1 Apparatus to improve the aerodynamics, fuel economy, docking and handling of heavy trucks Public/Granted day:2009-12-03
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