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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2014
Stemco Lp, Charlotte, NC (US);
Andrew F. Smith, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jared A. Niemiec, Belmont, CA (US);
Court S. Hinricher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael W. Polidori, Hayward, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Grossmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
STEMCO LP, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An aerodynamic underbody fairing or 'skirt' that is attached to the rear wheels or 'bogeys' of a truck cargo body which typically can be slidably adjusted forward and aft along the cargo body. The various embodiments allow for a skirt that attaches to the bogeys of a truck cargo body and extends rearward to the rear plane of the trailer, and is of a retractable nature to allow for slidable adjustment of bogeys forward and aft along the cargo body for the purpose of continuing streamlined flow along the side of a truck cargo body already equipped with a side skirt forward of the bogeys. In the various embodiments of the invention, the retractable nature of the invention allows for a continuous skirt surface in-plane with the side of the truck cargo body extending from the bogeys to the rear plane of the truck cargo body, regardless of bogey position.