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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Smarttruck Systems, Llc, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Alfred Wulff, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael Lorenzo Henderson, Piedmont, SC (US);
SmartTruck Systems, LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a mirror assembly for a vehicle is described. The mirror assembly includes a housing defining an aerodynamic shape. The housing includes a first curved wall, a second curved wall, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The first and second curved walls extend from the bottom portion to the top portion and intersect one another to form a leading edge of the housing. The housing is dimensionally configured so that a thrust force is generated in a travel direction of the vehicle when a crossflow from the vehicle is directed around the housing.