Drag reducer for land vehicles.

Author(s)
Saunders, W.S.
Year
Abstract

A drag reducer for a gap in a land vehicle moving through air capable of stabilizing the stagnant air in the gap which tends to rotate and form a horseshoe shaped vortex. The vortex directs the surrounding air stream around the stable vortex and thereby reduces air resistance. The drag reducer is a substantially V-shaped plate having concave sides vertically mounted midway in the gap existing between a tractor and trailer on the forward panel of the trailer.

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Library number
B 16525 fo / 91 / 96 /
Source

Washington, D.C., U.S. Patent Office, 1972, 10 p., fig.; U.S. Patent No. 3, 697, 120.

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