Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – With distinct wind deflector
Patent
1989-08-25
1990-05-15
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
With distinct wind deflector
296183, 280833, B60R 300
Patent
active
049252356
ABSTRACT:
An assembly for mounting a cab skirt fairing panel over a truck's fuel tank region. The panel is attached to a cab step at the front end of the fuel tank and a step arrangement at the back end of the fuel tank. The cab step, and thus the panel, is supported by a V-shaped structure which remains rigid vertically, but flexes horizontally. Similarly, the connection for the step arrangement, and thus the panel, includes bolting assemblies with flexible members which provide rigid vertical support, but flex in response to pressures in the horizontal direction. Thus, the panel is able to support weight and at the same time, flexibly withstand destructive counteractive forces imposed upon it. An additional feature of the invention is that a number of mounting positions are provided for securing the step arrangement to the truck. This feature enables a minimal number of embodiments of the step arrangement to uniformly accommodate a single panel which can cover all fuel tank sizes.
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Focarino Margaret A.
Hoge Gary C.
Paccar Inc
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