Patent ID: 11964705
Assignee: PEBBLE MOBILITY, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. An expandable aerodynamic enhancement apparatus comprising:
a support structure that couples to a tongue of a trailer in a position between a tow vehicle and a body of the trailer, wherein a turbulent air region forms between the tow vehicle and the body of the trailer during towing;
an extendible housing that couples to the support structure and extendibly moves to a plurality of aerodynamic states including an extended state and a contracted state; and
an actuatable component coupled to the extendible housing that, when actuated, moves the extendible housing into one of the plurality of aerodynamic states, wherein moving, via the actuatable component, the extendible housing to the extended state includes raising the extendible housing to physically occupy space within the turbulent air region.