Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Accessories
Patent
1984-06-28
1985-10-15
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Accessories
296 91, B60J 120
Patent
active
045470138
ABSTRACT:
A horizontally elongated edge upstanding panel is provided and includes front and rear sides as well as pairs of upper and lower corner portions disposed in the same plane. The panel includes a central area which is laterally offset forwardly of the aforementioned plane and the forward facing side of the panel includes generally planar upper and lower surfaces as well as generally planar opposite side surfaces convergent toward the central area of the panel member. The side surfaces are substantially vertically disposed while the upper surface is forward and downwardly inclined and the lower surface is forwardly and upwardly inclined. The forward displacement of the central area from the plane containing four corner portions of the panel is equal to approximately 1/10 the length of the panel and slightly less than the vertical height of the panel. The lower marginal edge of the panel is supported from and extends along the interface zone defined between the upper marginal portion of a vehicle forwardly facing grille area and the opposing forward marginal edge of the vehicle hood. The panel member extends across, horizontally, at least the central two thirds of the width of the vehicle from which the panel member is supported and functions to downwardly direct air incident upon the lower portion of the panel member into the grille area of the vehicle, upwardly deflect air incident upon the upper portion of the panel away from the forward hood area and to oppositely laterally outwardly direct air incident upon the opposite end portions of the panel member.
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patent: 4095835 (1978-06-01), Easor
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patent: 4364596 (1982-12-01), Geisendorfer
patent: 4471991 (1984-09-01), Matthias
Jacobson Harvey B.
Song Robert R.
Tomahawk Industries, Inc.
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