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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Philippe Macherel, Fribourg, CH;
Calvin Rhett Bradley, Greenville, SC (US);
David C. Lung, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Larry Satterfield, Moore, SC (US);
Philippe Macherel, Fribourg, CH;
Calvin Rhett Bradley, Greenville, SC (US);
David C. Lung, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Larry Satterfield, Moore, SC (US);
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
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.