Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance

Details Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance

2005-02-15

2005-02-15

Gordon, Stephen (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

With distinct wind deflector

C296S180100, C296S180500

Reexamination Certificate

active

06854788

ABSTRACT:
A device for a vehicle with a pair of swinging rear doors, which converts flat sheets of pliable material hinged to the sides of the vehicle adjacent the rear thereof into effective curved airfoils that reduce the aerodynamic resistance of the vehicle, when the doors are closed by hand, utilizing a plurality of stiffeners disposed generally parallel to the doors and affixed to the sheets and a plurality of collapsible tension bearings struts attached to each stiffener and the adjacent door.

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