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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Sandro Roberto Azevedo Ramos, High Point, NC (US);
Srikanth Sundaresh Ghantae, Greensboro, NC (US);
Michael Sorrells, Greensboro, NC (US);
Sandro Roberto Azevedo Ramos, High Point, NC (US);
Srikanth Sundaresh Ghantae, Greensboro, NC (US);
Michael Sorrells, Greensboro, NC (US);
Volvo Group North America, LLC, Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a roof fairing body and a method of installing a roof fairing on a vehicle. The roof fairing includes a lower fairing body section, an upper fairing body section, a shipping configuration, and an operable configuration. The lower fairing body section includes a front wall and side walls extending rearward from opposite ends of the front wall. The front wall and side walls cooperate to define an upper roof fairing section receiving space. The upper fairing body section is configured to mate with the lower fairing body section to form at least one hinge. When in the shipping configuration, the upper roof fairing section is positioned at least partially within the upper roof fairing section receiving space of the lower fairing body section, whereby the roof fairing body is provided with a shipping height and the upper roof fairing section and the lower fairing body section mate to form at least one hinge. When in an operable configuration the upper roof fairing section pivots about the at least one hinge whereby the upper roof fairing section is situated at least partially above the lower fairing body section and the roof fairing body is provided with an operable height that is greater than the shipping height.