Patent ID: 8091951
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A cargo vehicle enclosure, comprising: a rearward end portion; and opposite left and right sidewalls extending to the rearward end portion in horizontally spaced-apart vertically extending positions; wherein the left sidewall includes a left rearward corner portion; wherein the right sidewall includes a right rearward corner portion; and wherein the left and right rearward corner portions define left and right air passageways that direct air flowing rearwardly alongside the left and right sidewalls toward a region behind the rearward end portion of the enclosure; wherein at least the left rearward corner portion includes a vertically extending left rearward corner post component and a vertically extending left deflector component that cooperatively define the left air passageway; wherein at least the left air passageway extends along a circularly shaped path, as viewed in a horizontal cross sectional plane through the left rearward corner portion, from a left inlet end that faces forwardly to a left outlet end that faces toward the region behind the rearward end portion of the enclosure; wherein the left corner post component has a generally planar inwardly directed surface, a curved outwardly directed surface, and a nonuniform thickness between the inwardly and outwardly directed surfaces as viewed in a horizontal cross sectional plane through the left rearward corner portion, said nonuniform thickness including: whereby the curved outwardly directed surface of the left corner post component facilitates defining the left air passageway within vehicle width limitations; said cargo vehicle enclosure further comprising at least one rear door that is mounted on one of the left and right rearward corner portions with a plurality of offset hinges that enable said rear door to be moved to a fully open position of said rear door in which a plane containing an exterior surface of said rear door is parallel to the plane containing the left sidewall exterior surface.