Fender for cooling tires and brakes and to control spray

Patent 5460411 Issued on October 24, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 11, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Becker, John H.

Assignee

Air Fenders Ltd.

Application

No. 180048 filed on 01/11/1994

US Classes:

280/851, Splash guards280/848Body attached

Examiners

Primary: Johnson, Brian L.
Assistant: Yu, Min

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Samuels, Gauthier & Stevens

Foreign Patent References

1575907 FR. 07/20/1969
7822198 FR. 07/20/1978
297829 DE. 03/20/2013
2025519 DE. 12/20/1971
2524344 DE. 09/20/1976
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International Class

B62B 009/16

Abstract

A fender for a rotating tire. The fender has a leading section with parabolic shape vanes which control and discharge downwardly spray cast from the tire. A side shield is spaced apart from the upper half of the tire. The shield has specially dimensional louvers which ensure that the flow rate of the air therethrough is uniform as discharged from the shield to cool the tire and brake assembly.