公开(公告)号：US06886882B2

公开(公告)日：2005-05-03

申请号：US10456787

申请日：2003-06-06

申请人： John Randolph Farlow ,  Robert Marshall Grimm ,  Gerald Eugene Miller ,  Diana Weyna Smith ,  Timothy Michael Stapleton ,  David C. Warren ,  Alec C. Wong ,  Wayne K. Simons

发明人： John Randolph Farlow ,  Robert Marshall Grimm ,  Gerald Eugene Miller ,  Diana Weyna Smith ,  Timothy Michael Stapleton ,  David C. Warren ,  Alec C. Wong ,  Wayne K. Simons

IPC分类号： B62D35/00 ,  B60T1/16

CPC分类号： B62D35/001

摘要： A cab extender assembly (200) for selectively manipulating an aerodynamic drag of a vehicle (100) is provided. The cab extender assembly includes a dynamic cab extender (206a) and a control system (208) coupled to the dynamic cab extender. The control system is adapted to selectively position the dynamic cab extender between a stowed position, a deployed position in which the dynamic cab extender is substantially aligned with a side of the vehicle, and a braking position in which the dynamic cab extender is at least partially disposed into an airstream passing along the side of the vehicle to increase a drag coefficient of the vehicle. The cab extender assembly may also include a fixed cab extender (204a) substantially aligned with the dynamic cab extender when the dynamic cab extender is in the deployed position. A method of operating a cab extender assembly is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于选择性地操纵车辆（100）的空气动力学阻力的驾驶室延伸器组件（200）。 驾驶室延伸器组件包括动态驾驶室延伸器（206a）和耦合到动态驾驶室延伸器的控制系统（208）。 控制系统适于选择性地将动态驾驶室延伸器定位在收起位置，其中动态驾驶室延伸器基本上与车辆的侧面对齐的展开位置以及动态驾驶室延伸器至少部分地在其中的制动位置 设置在沿车辆侧面通过的气流中以增加车辆的阻力系数。 驾驶室延伸器组件还可以包括当动态驾驶室延伸器处于展开位置时基本上与动态驾驶室延伸器对准的固定驾驶室延伸器（204a）。 还公开了一种操作驾驶室延伸器组件的方法。