Title: Upper streamlining apparatus for the cab of a heavy transport vehicle

Abstract: A streamlining apparatus for the cab of a heavy transport vehicle has a transverse section smaller than that of the body of the load transported and comprises an air-flow deflector formed by a front part and two lateral rear parts. The apparatus further comprises an element adapted to engage the roof of the cab and which is connected to the front part of the deflector, this element comprising lateral parts, which, longitudinally, substantially conform to an upper surface of the cab, and a front part which extends to at least the level of the front transverse roof edge of the cab, with respect to both the downward and forward extents of the cab.

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Inventors: Choulet, Robert (La Celle-Saint-Cloud, FR)

Application Number: 025035
Filing Date: 1979-03-29
Publication_date: 1981-03-24
Assignee: Societe d'Etudes et de Realisations Automobiles (Paris, FR)
Primary Class(es): 296/180.2
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

D249783	Oct, 1978	Herpel	296/1.
3328074	Jun, 1967	Van Rossem	296/1.
3348873	Oct, 1967	Saunders	296/1.
3711146	Jan, 1973	Madzsar et al.	296/1.
3819222	Jun, 1974	Woodard	296/1.
3836191	Sep, 1974	Gotz	296/1.
3878914	Apr, 1975	Gulick et al.	296/1.
4006931	Feb, 1977	Groves	296/1.
4036519	Jul, 1977	Servais et al.	296/1.
4057280	Nov, 1977	MacCread, Jr. et al.	296/1.

Other Refs: 27057021281254

Sep, 1977	DE
Jul, 1972	GB

Primary Examiner: Love, John J.
Assistant Examiner: Weaver, Ross
Attorney: Sandler & Greenblum