Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance
Patent
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OSTI ID:1175238
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.
- Research Organization:
- Freight Wing Inc., Sammamish, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC36-03GO13173
- Assignee:
- Freight Wing Inc. (Sammamish, WA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 6,854,788
- Application Number:
- 10/698,998
- OSTI ID:
- 1175238
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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