The present invention includes methods and apparatus for flexibly attaching a trailer skirt to a trailer. This can include attaching a trailer mounting bracket to a trailer and attaching a bi-modulus bending member to the trailer mounting bracket in a cantilevered configuration at a bracket end of the bi-modulus bending member. The bi-modulus bending member includes a bending element set configured to elastically buckle when a lateral force component exceeds a threshold force, and the bi-modulus bending member is configured to return to a straightened configuration after buckling and bending to a buckled configuration when the threshold force is removed.
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTING TRAILER SKIRT
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR SCHWENKBAREN MONTAGE EINES ANHÄNGERSCHWELLERS
PROCÉDÉS ET APPAREIL POUR MONTAGE PIVOTANT DE JUPE DE REMORQUE
2021-09-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
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