An air deflector, and tractor-trailer rigs that use the air deflector, that includes a storage tube having a vertical slot, a shaft that is located within the storage tube, and a wind screen having a first end that is operably connected to the shaft and which extends through the vertical slot. A movable support rod is attached to the end of the wind screen that extends through the vertical slot. A torsion spring biases the wind screen toward retraction. Connecting hooks extend from the movable support rod. A mounting flange attached to the storage tube can connect the storage tube to a first trailer. A stationary attachment can connect to the tractor-trailer.
Tractor-trailer wind screen
2020-03-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
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