US 12,263,891 B2
Vehicle comprising air deflecting assembly
Damien Chacaton, Lyons (FR)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,263.
Claims priority of application No. 21199910 (EP), filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094457 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 35/001 (2013.01) [Y02T 10/82 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a tractor comprising:
a chassis extending along a longitudinal axis supported by wheels;
a cab mounted on the chassis; and
an air deflecting assembly installed on a roof of the cab, the air deflecting assembly having a shield and an adjustment mechanism configured adjust a rear height of the shield;
a semi-trailer configured to be removably attached to the tractor, the semi-trailer comprising a semi-trailer roof and a semi-trailer front wall; and
a mechanical measuring device comprising a first portion configured to be disposed on the semi-trailer roof, a second portion and a third portion adjacent to the semi-trailer front wall, the third portion configured to indicate an optimal position of the air deflecting assembly selected from among predetermined positions, the mechanical measuring device being configured so that the optimal position of the air deflecting assembly is visually determined among the predetermined positions of the air deflecting assembly by looking at the intersection of the third portion of the mechanical measuring device extending along the semi-trailer front wall and a top surface of the chassis;
wherein the adjustment mechanism of the air deflecting assembly is connected to the shield and the adjustment mechanism comprises:
two brackets located on a rear wall of the cab, each bracket comprising a plurality of notches each corresponding to one predetermined position of the air deflecting assembly, and
a frame including two lateral arms and one transversal arm, the transversal arm including a pair of fingers configured to engage with the notches of the brackets,
wherein movement of the pair of fingers of the transversal arm, from a first notch of the plurality of notches into another notch of the plurality of notches corresponding to another predetermined position of the air deflecting assembly, adjusts the rear height of the shield.