Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rear-mounted aerodynamic structure for truck cargo bodies
- Patent Title (中): 用于卡车货物的后置式空气动力学结构
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Application No.: US13752368Application Date: 2013-01-28
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Publication No.: US09039069B2Publication Date: 2015-05-26
- Inventor: Andrew F. Smith , Charles M. Horrell , Jeffrey J. Grossmann , Jonathan R. Feldman , Alexander R. Bruccoleri
- Applicant: Advanced Transit Dynamics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Hayward
- Assignee: Advanced Transit Dynamics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Transit Dynamics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Hayward
- Agency: Loginov & Associates, PLLC
- Agent William A. Loginov
- Main IPC: B62D35/00
- IPC: B62D35/00

Abstract:
This invention provides an aerodynamic structure attached to the rear cargo body, having doors that swing open, or a single, full-width door, which rolls upwardly. The embodiments provide an aerodynamic structure attached to the rear in a manner that would obscure access to the door(s) in a deployed position, in which the structure reduces drag, yet enables access to the door(s) in a folded position. The folded position allows access to the rear for loading and unloading, and in the case of swinging, hinged doors, allows the doors to be folded through a 270-degree arc, with a minimal sideways projection. The various embodiments also enable relatively rapid and easy transition between the folded position and the deployed position using actuators and/or linkages that tie the folding and deployment of panels of the structure together. This allows selective folding and deployment of the structure without undue effort or strength.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130214557A1 REAR-MOUNTED AERODYNAMIC STRUCTURE FOR TRUCK CARGO BODIES Public/Granted day:2013-08-22
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