Patent ID: 7232179

Claim:
A modular tractor assembly comprising: a driver compartment module having a width and a rearward connecting edge; a sleeper compartment module having a width and a forward connecting edge; and an inter-modular fairing connector assembly joining the driver compartment module and the sleeper compartment module, the inter-modular fairing connector assembly including a forward connecting section arranged to establish a first width corresponding to the width of the driver compartment module and configured for connection with the rearward connecting edge of the driver compartment module, a rearward connecting section arranged to establish a second width corresponding to the width of the sleeper compartment module and configured for connection with the forward connecting edge of the sleeper compartment module, said inter-modular fairing connector assembly including an intermediate portion between the forward connecting section and the rearward connecting section, the intermediate portion having a flared contour providing an aerodynamic surface from the rearward connecting edge of the driver compartment module to the forward connecting edge of the sleeper compartment module and wherein a portion of the rearward connecting edge of the driver compartment module comprises an angled flange and a portion of the forward connecting section of the inter-modular fairing connector assembly is angled to complementarily mate with the angled flange extending from the driver compartment module.