Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance
Abstract
A device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance for vehicles having a generally rectangular flat front face comprising a plurality of load bearing struts of a predetermined size attached to the flat front face adjacent the sides and top thereof, a pair of pliable opposing flat sheets having an outside edge portion attached to the flat front face adjacent the sides thereof and an upper edge with a predetermined curve; the opposing flat sheets being bent and attached to the struts to form effective curved airfoil shapes, and a top pliable flat sheet disposed adjacent the top of the flat front face and having predetermined curved side edges, which, when the top sheet is bent and attached to the struts to form an effective curved airfoil shape, mate with the curved upper edges of the opposing sheets to complete the aerodynamic device.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Freight Wing Inc., Seattle, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1175662
- Patent Number(s):
- 7008005
- Application Number:
- 10/934,055
- Assignee:
- Freight Wing Inc. (Seattle, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC36-03GO13173
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Citation Formats
Graham, Sean C. Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance. United States: N. p., 2006.
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Graham, Sean C. Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance. United States.
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"Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175662.
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title = {Device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance},
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abstractNote = {A device for reducing vehicle aerodynamic resistance for vehicles having a generally rectangular flat front face comprising a plurality of load bearing struts of a predetermined size attached to the flat front face adjacent the sides and top thereof, a pair of pliable opposing flat sheets having an outside edge portion attached to the flat front face adjacent the sides thereof and an upper edge with a predetermined curve; the opposing flat sheets being bent and attached to the struts to form effective curved airfoil shapes, and a top pliable flat sheet disposed adjacent the top of the flat front face and having predetermined curved side edges, which, when the top sheet is bent and attached to the struts to form an effective curved airfoil shape, mate with the curved upper edges of the opposing sheets to complete the aerodynamic device.},
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