ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,572, issued on May 20, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Drag reducing device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Udayesh Chevar (Kerala, India) and Anumodh Rajan (Karnataka, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drag reducing device for a motor vehicle having a vehicle body and at least one substantially semi-circular wheel-well for receiving a wheel capable of vertical and rotational movements with regards to the vehicle body, the vehicle comprising unsprung masses associated with the at least one wheel; wherein the drag reducing device comprises a wheel-well cover configured to cover at least a portion of ...