Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – With distinct wind deflector
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-23
2005-08-23
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
With distinct wind deflector
C296S180200, C296S180300
Reexamination Certificate
active
06932419
ABSTRACT:
An aerodynamic guiding arrangement for a vehicle that includes a forward gap enclosure with an upper element and a lower element. The gap enclosure is configured to be positioned and attached proximate a forward end of the vehicle. The guiding arrangement includes a gap closure mechanism for automatically moving the forward gap enclosure from an open position to a closed position, and from a closed position to an open position, based on speed of the vehicle. Another aerodynamic guiding arrangement includes a windscreen with a top, a bottom, and a center of curvature. The windscreen curves smoothly rearward with increasing distance from a central plane, and has a reverse slope such that over a majority of the windscreen the top is farther from the center of curvature than the bottom.
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Litman Richard C.
Patel Kiran B.
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