ACTIVELY DEPLOYABLE AND RETRACTABLE FENDER SKIRTS FOR INCREASED FUEL EFFICIENCY

A vehicle with deployable pliable fairing skirts and a controller for controlling deployment of the skirts are provided. The pliable fairing skirts are deployable over openings of wheel wells for the vehicle to provide additional streamlining for the vehicle. The pliable fairing skirts are stowable...

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Hauptverfasser:	ALBERTSON, Chad M, CAMPBELL, Eric J, OLLERICH, Nicholas J, STEFFEN, Christopher W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING BRAKES CLUTCHES COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS HEATING INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLETECHNOLOGY LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS LIGHTING MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MOTOR VEHICLES NAVIGATION PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS SURVEYING TESTING THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRAILERS TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A vehicle with deployable pliable fairing skirts and a controller for controlling deployment of the skirts are provided. The pliable fairing skirts are deployable over openings of wheel wells for the vehicle to provide additional streamlining for the vehicle. The pliable fairing skirts are stowable when the brakes of the vehicle may benefit from additional cooling airflow. The skirts are also stowable when environmental conditions may result in damage to the skirts or when steerable wheels of the vehicle would protrude from the opening.