A resilient aerodynamic skirt assembly adapted to be secured to a trailer is provided, the resilient aerodynamic skirt assembly 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 self-recover its aerodynamic configuration thereafter, at least one 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.
AERODYNAMIC SKIRT
JUPES AERODYNAMIQUES DE REMORQUE
2015-12-29
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch