Aerodynamic bumper center deflector for a truck or tractor vehicle

US9327780B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Volvo Truck Corporation · SE

Inventors

• James Bird · Oak Ridge, US
• Cory Borghi · Phoenix, US
• Anders Hedkvist Mauritsson · Jamestown, US
• Raja Sengupta · Corona, US
• Bo Philipsen · Greensboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2015
• Grant date: May 3, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/82
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A center deflector for a front bumper of a truck or tractor vehicle includes a thickened portion extending upward from the inner deflector surface and extends laterally across a deflector section, preferably spanning substantially an entire width of the deflector section thereof. The thickened portion comprises a cross-sectional shape having a height that gradually declines from an intermediate maximum height to a reduced height along a rear edge thereof, and preferably resembles an airfoil. The thickened portion may include a hollow interior containing a pressurized gas.