Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resilient strut for aerodynamic skirt
- Patent Title (中): 弹性支撑用于气动裙
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Application No.: US13078982Application Date: 2011-04-03
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Publication No.: US08292351B2Publication Date: 2012-10-23
- Inventor: Mathieu Boivin , Philippe Desjardins , Mathieu Desjardins
- Applicant: Mathieu Boivin , Philippe Desjardins , Mathieu Desjardins
- Applicant Address: CA Montreal, Quebec
- Assignee: Transtex Composite Inc.
- Current Assignee: Transtex Composite Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Montreal, Quebec
- Agent Mathieu Audet
- Main IPC: B62D35/02
- IPC: B62D35/02 ; B60R9/00

Abstract:
A resilient strut adapted to secure an aerodynamic skirt to a trailer is provided, the aerodynamic skirt comprising a skirt panel including a front portion and a rear portion adapted to be substantially longitudinally mounted to the trailer, the front portion being adapted to be mounted toward a forward portion of the trailer and the rear portion being adapted to be mounted toward a rear portion of the trailer in an aerodynamic configuration, the skirt panel being adapted to move away from the aerodynamic configuration when contacting a foreign object and to recover its aerodynamic configuration thereafter, the resilient strut adapted to sustain an elastic deformation allowing the resilient strut to bend when a load is applied to the resilient strut when the skirt panel moves away from the aerodynamic configuration and to self-recover its original shape when the load is removed. A kit of resilient struts, a method thereof and a trailer equipped with same are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110175396A1 AERODYNAMIC SKIRT Public/Granted day:2011-07-21
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