Sliding chassis skirt
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1. A skirt for a motor vehicle chassis having frame rails supported from front and rear wheels, the skirt further comprising:
- a skirt panel having an inside surface and an aerodynamic outside surface;
a skirt panel mounting frame mounted outwardly with respect to a frame rail of the motor vehicle chassis with the skirt panel being supported by the skirt panel mounting frame to an outward side and spaced at least partially outwardly away from the frame rail to allow enclosure of vehicle components hung from the frame rail;
a track supported on the skirt panel mounting frame; and
bearing means depending from the skirt panel and set in the track to support sliding motion of the panel skirt back and forth parallel to the side of the motor vehicle chassis between the front and rear wheels to expose a section of the motor vehicle chassis and to orient the aerodynamic outside surface of the panel skirt away from the motor vehicle chassis.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle chassis skirt panel provides for hiding components attached to the outside of the frame rails of a vehicle chassis in a first, closed position and allowing access when moved to a second open position. The chassis skirt panel is mounted below a truck body on at least one side of the vehicle and is set in a track allowing the panel to be moved back and forth.
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1. A skirt for a motor vehicle chassis having frame rails supported from front and rear wheels, the skirt further comprising:
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a skirt panel having an inside surface and an aerodynamic outside surface; a skirt panel mounting frame mounted outwardly with respect to a frame rail of the motor vehicle chassis with the skirt panel being supported by the skirt panel mounting frame to an outward side and spaced at least partially outwardly away from the frame rail to allow enclosure of vehicle components hung from the frame rail; a track supported on the skirt panel mounting frame; and bearing means depending from the skirt panel and set in the track to support sliding motion of the panel skirt back and forth parallel to the side of the motor vehicle chassis between the front and rear wheels to expose a section of the motor vehicle chassis and to orient the aerodynamic outside surface of the panel skirt away from the motor vehicle chassis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A truck body mounted on left and right sides frame rails, the truck body comprising:
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lower body panels mounted outwardly with respect to the right and left sides frame rails to cover portions of the frame rails; and the lower body panels including for at least one side frame rail a front section panel and an aft section panel, the aft section panel being moveable forward and back along the side frame rail between a forward position directly aft of the front section panel which allows space for a battery box between the aft section panel and the corresponding frame rail and a rearward position spaced from the front section panel to expose a portion of the side frame rail which carries a battery box. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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