Aerodynamic tractor-trailer gap reducer and assembly thereof
AssigneeTranstex Composite Inc.
InventorsSwaroop Mulenahalli KANTHARAJU, Georges BASSILY, Mathieu BOIVIN
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Abstract
This invention relates to a gap-reducer for reducing a gap between a road tractor and a trailer attached thereto, the gap-reducer comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion being located further forward than the top portion when the gap-reducer is secured on the trailer in an operating position. The gap-reducer extending over the width of the trailer to reduce the drag of the trailer.
Claims20
A gap-reducer for reducing a gap between a road tractor and a trailer attached thereto, the gap-reducer comprising
- a top portion;
- a bottom portion;
- a forward portion between the top portion and the bottom portion;
- and
- a pair of side portions interconnected by the forward portion, the gap-reducer being sized and designed to transversally extend over a width of the trailer and provide the side portions in substantially parallel position with side walls of the trailer.
A trailer comprising a gap-reducer for reducing a gap between a road tractor and the trailer attached thereto, the gap-reducer comprising
- a top portion;
- a bottom portion;
- a forward portion between the top portion and the bottom portion;
- and
- a pair of side portions interconnected by the forward portion, the gap-reducer being sized and designed to transversally extend over a width of the trailer and provide the side portions in substantially parallel position with side walls of the trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.