Patents Assigned to STREAMLINERS, INC.
  • System and apparatus for reducing the aerodynamic drag of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10604195
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a trailer, a tandem configured for attachment to the trailer, the tandem including at least a first axle having opposed left and right ends and at least one tire mounted to each of the left end and the right end, and a second axle rearward of the first axle and having opposed left and right ends and at least one tire mounted to each of the left end and the right end, and at least one forward air deflector mounted to the tandem forward of the tires of the first axle and being shaped so as to deflect air flow beneath the trailer laterally around the tires of the vehicle to reduce the aerodynamic drag of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: STREAMLINERS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Tongue, Richard Andrew Himmelmann, Joseph R. Hamm
  • SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE AERODYNAMIC DRAG OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180015966
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a trailer, a tandem configured for attachment to the trailer, the tandem including at least a first axle having opposed left and right ends and at least one tire mounted to each of the left end and the right end, and a second axle rearward of the first axle and having opposed left and right ends and at least one tire mounted to each of the left end and the right end, and at least one forward air deflector mounted to the tandem forward of the tires of the first axle and being shaped so as to deflect air flow beneath the trailer laterally around the tires of the vehicle to reduce the aerodynamic drag of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: STREAMLINERS, INC.
    Inventors: STEPHEN EDWARD TONGUE, RICHARD ANDREW HIMMELMANN, JOSEPH R. HAMM