US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on Oct. 20 for "Vehicle with extended length air deflectors" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,243, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle with extended length air deflectors" was invented by Luis Moura (Curitiba, Brazil) and Fernando Zarpelon (Curitiba, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a vehicle with extended length air deflectors. The vehicle includes a chassis comprising a front axle and a rear axle. The vehicle further includes a cab mounted to the chassis. The cab has a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a rear wall. The vehicle further includes a first air deflector positioned proximate to the first sidewall. The first air deflector...