Drag reducing device
AssigneeAero Industries, Inc.
InventorsHunter Miller, John Vogel, James R. Tuerk
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Abstract
A drag reducing device for a vehicle body having a top wall and a door pivotably mounted to the rear of the body to open toward a side wall of the body, includes a wing sized and configured to turn airflow across the top wall of the body, the wing having a trailing edge and a proximal edge; and an assembly mounted to the door and configured for pivoting the wing so that the trailing edge of the wing is pivoted upward to a position above the top wall of the vehicle body when the door is open and for pivoting the wing so that the trailing edge of the wing is pivoted downward to a position below the top wall of the vehicle body when the door is closed.
Claims5
A drag reducing device for a vehicle body having a side wall and a door pivotably mounted to a door frame fixed to the rear of the body to open toward the side wall, the device comprising:
- a side wing assembly pivotably mounted to the door frame adjacent said side wall, said assembly including;
- a hinge plate pivotably mounted to the door frame and extending rearward from the rear of the vehicle body;
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- a panel pivotably mounted to the hinge plate to pivot about a vertical axis relative to the vehicle body, the panel mounted to the hinge plate at a forward edge of said panel and arranged so that a rear edge of said panel extends rearward from the vehicle body in a deployed configuration;
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- at least one first flexible lanyard connected between said hinge plate and the door;
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- at least one second flexible lanyard connected between the door and the panel adjacent said rear edge of said panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.