Patent ID: 8746378

Claim:
A vehicle for operation on a roadway, that includes, a carriage that is an enclosure having an external shape that minimizes aerodynamic drag force in free flow conditions, parallel, separated, wheel trains that are horizontal columns that are low profile arrangements of equipment and wheels, with supporting wheel train structure, and enclosures that provide faired surfaces, where said low profile arrangements minimize projected frontal area of said horizontal columns, and struts that are structurally attached to said wheel train structure and said carriage so as to elevate said carriage to provide substantial separation space between said carriage and said roadway, where operations include, motor vehicle operation, where wide separation and low placed weight of wheel trains prevents rollover of said vehicle, and aerodynamic operation where displaced air flows through said substantial separation space such that an overall pattern of airflow that approximates an airflow pattern that would occur were there no surfaces in proximity to affect air flow patterns, where said separation space thus minimizes aerodynamic drag force on said carriage.