ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,984, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Deflector structure" was invented by Elias Hoummadi (Lyons, France) and Christophe Pras (Chassagny, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deflector structure for a truck unit having a cab, the deflector structure being configured to form a barrier surrounding at least part of the gap between the cab and a trailer to be towed by the truck unit, the deflector structure comprising a flexible frame fixed to the cab, the flexible frame comprising a plurality of bouncy cushions extending rearwardly towards the trailer at least in an inflated configuration,...