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US 8,998,292 B2Granted
Front air dam for truck
AssigneeChrysler Group LLC
InventorsRussell S Beedle, William J Elder
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Abstract
An air dam for a semi-truck tractor in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a rigid upper panel affixed to a bumper of the semi-truck tractor and a lower flexible panel affixed to the upper panel.
Claims9
An air dam for a semi-truck tractor, comprising:
- a rigid upper panel affixed to a bumper of the semi-truck tractor and a lower flexible panel affixed to the upper panel;
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- a plurality of stiffeners fastened to inner sides of the upper panel and lower flexible panel and bridging across the upper panel and lower flexible panel, the stiffeners having more rigidity than the lower flexible panel and stiffening the lower flexible panel, the stiffeners including E-shaped stiffeners with a base of the E attached to the lower flexible panel and legs of the E attached to the upper panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.