Aerodynamic retarder

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1985-02-21

1986-09-16

Reeves, Robert B.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Accessories

188270, 180903, B62D 3500, B60T 116

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046117962

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for aerodynamically braking a tractor-trailer combination utilizing a centrally pivoted, fast-acting door within a roof-mounted aerodynamic fairing to selectively expose and conceal the front surface of the trailer, which is masked by the fairing, and in one embodiment, to operate the door cooperatively with the vehicle's brake system.

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Wards Auto World, vol. 19, No. 8, Aug. 1983, p. 26E.

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