The mud flap assembly for mobile home transport is for use with a trailer that transports the components of a prefabricated building. The mud flap assembly for mobile home transport forms a protection space under the trailer. The protection space prevents road debris from escaping from under the trailer and damaging the prefabricated building. The mud flap assembly for mobile home transport removably attaches to the trailer. The mud flap assembly for mobile home transport folds into a storage position after the deployed mud flap assembly for mobile home transport has been removed from the trailer. The mud flap assembly for mobile home transport incorporates a plurality of barrier plate structures, a mounting structure, and a weighting structure.

A retractable fender flare device includes a plurality of mounting tracks each mounted in a respective wheel well in a vehicle. A plurality of fender flares is each movably attached to a respective one of the mounting tracks. Each of the plurality of fender flares is positionable in a deployed position to protect the vehicle from dirt and debris kicked up by tires of the vehicle and each of the plurality of fender flares is positionable in a retracted position. A plurality of actuators is attached to a respective one of the mounting tracks for urging the respective fender flare into the deployed position and the retracted position. A control panel is mounted within a cab of the vehicle to facilitate a driver of the vehicle to control the actuators for moving the fender flares between the deployed position and the retracted position.

A retractable vehicle mud flap arrangement includes a drive unit, an axle, mud flaps, and a control unit. The axle is operatively connected to the drive unit and designed to be rotated by the drive unit. The mud flaps are suspended from opposing ends of the axle. The control unit is operatively connected to the drive unit and designed to control the operation of the drive unit. The drive unit is actuatable to rotate the drive axle and roll up and retract the mud flaps from an extended position to a retracted position to minimize contact with objects on the ground and damage resulting from such contact upon a vehicle is driven in reverse.

A vehicle includes a mud guard control system including a speed sensor configured to provide a signal indicative of speed to a controller. The controller is configured to instruct an actuator to move a mud guard from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration based on the signal from the speed sensor when the speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined threshold value.

A wheel cover apparatus for a vehicle includes an upper planar section for at least partially covering the wheel outer side of a steerable wheel, a lower planar section for at least partially covering the wheel outer side of the steerable wheel, an adjustment device for adjusting a position and/or orientation of the upper planar section and a positioning device for positioning the lower planar section. The upper planar section can be arranged on a body of a vehicle so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The upper planar section and the lower planar section are connected to each other so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The upper planar section is coupled to the adjustment device in such a manner that, in a functional installed state in the vehicle, the upper planar section is movable relative to the wheelhouse by means of the adjustment device. The positioning device is a traction means transmission.

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a vehicle tire guard that retracts in response to a force. In one embodiment, the vehicle tire guard device includes a tire guard extending downward from a vehicle frame and a retraction system attached to the vehicle frame. The retraction system includes a spring-loaded wheel with circumferential interface elements to engage with and retract the tire guard responsive to a vertical force applied to the tire guard, a curved cam affixed to a planar surface of the spring-loaded wheel, and a spring-loaded rod biased against the planar surface. The spring-loaded rod and cam interact to prevent rotation of the spring-loaded wheel to retract the tire guard until the vertical force exceeds a threshold.

A tractor of a commercial vehicle comprising lateral fairings each having a fixed portion attached to a chassis, a movable portion, and a mounting arrangement to vary a fairing height of the movable portion in accordance with a fifth-wheel height of a fifth-wheel coupling, wherein the mounting arrangement is chosen between a discontinuous mounting arrangement comprising a first mounting member and a series of second mounting members, the series of second mounting members comprising separate second members aligned at different mounting heights, and a continuous mounting arrangement comprising a pinion and a rack configured to cooperate with each other to move the movable portion with respect to the fixed portion within a range of mounting heights when the pinion is driven in rotation.

A vehicle includes one or more actuatable mudflap portions provided to the vehicle, capable of deployment and retraction to respectively increase and decrease deflection of wheel-spray and receives vehicle sensor information indicating driving conditions. The vehicle examines the sensor information to determine the presence of a first condition predefined as suitable for deployment of at least one of the mudflap portions. Further, the vehicle examines the sensor information to determine that no one or more of second conditions predefined as blocking deployment are met and, responsive to the presence of the first condition and the absence of the second conditions, automatically deploys the at least one mudflap portion.

A retractable fender flare device includes a plurality of mounting tracks each mounted in a respective wheel well in a vehicle. A plurality of fender flares is each movably attached to a respective one of the mounting tracks. Each of the plurality of fender flares is positionable in a deployed position to protect the vehicle from dirt and debris kicked up by tires of the vehicle and each of the plurality of fender flares is positionable in a retracted position. A plurality of actuators is attached to a respective one of the mounting tracks for urging the respective fender flare into the deployed position and the retracted position. A control panel is mounted within a cab of the vehicle to facilitate a driver of the vehicle to control the actuators for moving the fender flares between the deployed position and the retracted position.

A mud flap holder device includes a cylindrical housing which has a mounting plate that is attachable to a frame of a vehicle to orient the cylindrical housing behind a wheel of the vehicle. A roller is rotatably positioned in the cylindrical housing and the roller has a jaw extending downwardly from the roller. A mud flap can be compressed between the jaw of the roller and a jaw of the cylindrical housing for releasably retaining the mud flap on the vehicle. The mud flap is pulled outwardly from between the jaw of the roller and the jaw of the cylindrical housing when the wheel of the vehicle rolls over the mud flap when the vehicle is backing up to inhibit the mud flap from being damaged. A locking mechanism is movably attached to the cylindrical housing to either lock the roller or enable the roller to rotate.