Patent ID: 6321659
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B61D,Y02T

Abstract:
A railway vehicle, comprising:a vehicle body having two ascending side walls and a roof extending between the sides walls, with the vehicle body including at least one streamlined, tapering terminal portion, and with the terminal portion including a surface defining a groove extending over a portion of one side wall, over the roof of the terminal portion, and downward over a portion of the other side wall of the terminal portion;an airflow deflector device located in the groove in the terminal portion and movable from an extended position extended peripherally outward from the surface of the terminal portion to a retracted position received in the groove in the terminal portion and in which the airflow deflector device is flush with the surface of the terminal portion; anda drive device located in the groove in the terminal portion for moving the airflow deflector device between the extended and retracted positions,wherein the airflow deflector device in the extended position extends symmetrically peripherally outward from the surface of the vehicle body.