Side skirt for a pulled vehicle

Title

Side skirt for a pulled vehicle

 Author

Van Raemdonck, G.M.R.

Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

 Department

Aerospace Structures & Design Methodology

 Date

2009-02-19

 Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for minimizing the aerodynamic drag that results when tractors, trailers, rigid trucks, lorries, and other vehicles are moving through air. In particular the invention relates to a plate-shaped flow conductor (31) having a front edge, a lower edge, a rear edge and an upper edge. The flow conductor is mountable along the upper edge (34) in a substantially vertical position to a body portion of a pulled vehicle of a vehicle combination of at least two pivotally connected vehicles. When mounted the flow conductor extends at least partially under the body portion in a longitudinal- direction of the1 pulled vehicle. Characteristic for the flow conductor according to the invention is that the flow conductor comprises locally in conjunction with the front edge a thickened portion (78,85), which has a streamlined outer contour (83,84) in a cross section transversally to the front edge.

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 Publisher

European Patent Office

 Source

http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=WO&NR=2009022904A1&KC=A1&FT=D&date=20090219&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

 Source

WO 2009022904 (A1)

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

patent

 Rights

(c) 2009 Van Raemdonck, G.M.R.
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