SIDESKIRT OF TRAILER

• Main Authors: SHIN, JUN SIK, CHANG, JIN HYUCK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 02.06.2011
• Subjects: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PURPOSE: A side skirt of a trailer is provided to improve fuel efficiency and reduce exhaust gas by reducing the air-flow resistance between a traction body and the rear wheel of a trailer. CONSTITUTION: A side skirt of a trailer comprises a side skirt body(10), a support(20), reinforcement angles(31,32,33), and a lower molding member(40). The side skirt main body is installed on the underside of the top plate of a trailer and extended on the same plane as the side of the top plate of the trailer. The support comprises a side skirt junction part which is joined to the side skirt body and a top plate junction part which is joined to the top plate of the trailer. The reinforcement angles are attached to the upper inner side of the side skirt body. The lower molding member is attached to the lower edge of the side skirt body.