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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2021
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Richard J. Lopez, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
William D. Detrisac, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B60J 7/14 (2006.01); B60J 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/007 (2013.01); B60J 7/041 (2013.01); B60J 7/141 (2013.01); B62D 35/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pickup truck including a passenger compartment, a cargo bed operatively coupled to the passenger compartment, and a selectively deployable drag reduction system mounted at the cargo bed. The selectively deployable drag reduction system includes a deflector that is shiftable between a non-deployed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration the deflector is exposed to an airflow passing over the pickup truck.