Patent ID: 9248873
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. An air guiding element for improved flow over a gap between a tractive vehicle and a trailer vehicle, wherein the air guiding element can be mounted on the tractive vehicle or the trailer vehicle and comprises: a flexible and airtight air cushion, which is connected to a filling channel, wherein the filling channel has an air entry opening oriented in the direction of travel (F) on a side of the filling channel facing away from the air cushion, said air entry opening being arranged in such a way that the air cushion is filled exclusively by a dynamic pressure of a relative wind, wherein the air cushion entirely fills the gap within an outer cross section contour of a boxlike body of the tractive vehicle, and wherein the air enclosed in the air cushion can flow from the inside of a curve, wherein the volume is smaller on account of the tractive and trailer vehicles coming close together, to the outside of the curve with a large volume.