Abstract: A fairing system, including a fixed fairing assembly configured to attach to a cab of a tractor-trailer, a movable fairing assembly configured to attach to at least one of the fixed fairing assembly or the cab of the tractor-trailer, and an actuator assembly configured to move the movable fairing assembly relative to the fixed fairing assembly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 2, 2023
Assignee:
XStream Trucking Inc.
Inventors:
Jeff Weber, Burkley Kladde, Daniel Burrows, Jason Holt, Shawn Monitor
Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 26, 2021
Assignee:
XSTREAM TRUCKING INC.
Inventors:
Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
Abstract: Systems and methods provide a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 10, 2020
Assignee:
XSTREAM TRUCKING INC.
Inventors:
Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner
Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2018
Assignee:
XStream Trucking Inc.
Inventors:
Daniel Burrows, Burkley Uwe Kladde, Dagan Alec Trnka, Roger Lawrence LeMesurier, Adam Joseph Baumgartner