Anti-rollover trailer
AssigneeDCB Trailer Design, LLC
InventorBlake Dill
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Abstract
A tank trailer configured to lower an overall center of gravity. The trailer includes a tank, a wheel assembly, an upper body height and a trailer length. The tank includes a cavity contained within a lower body, an upper body, a transitioning body, a front end and a rear end when the cavity within the trailer is filled with a liquid fluid, the liquid fluid is evenly distributed along the trailer length of the trailer since a diameter of the lower body, the upper body and the transitioning body are equal. Other trailers are presented.
Claims15
An anti-roll tank trailer for lowering an overall center of gravity of the tank trailer, the tank trailer comprising:
- an upper body positioned at a front end of the trailer, the upper body having an upper body height and an upper body center of gravity;
- a transitioning body connected to the upper body, the transitioning body inclined relative to the upper body;
- a lower body connected to the transitioning body, the lower body positioned at a rear end of the trailer, the lower body having a lower body height less than the upper body height and a lower body center of gravity, wherein the center of gravity of the lower body lowers the overall center of gravity of the trailer;
- wherein the upper body, the transitioning body and the lower body have a uniform diameter;
- a cavity extending through the upper body, the transitioning body and the lower body, the cavity comprising an upper cavity in the upper body, a transitioning cavity in the transitioning body and a lower cavity in the lower body, wherein the upper cavity, transitioning cavity and lower cavity are fluidly connected, the cavity further comprising an upper cavity volume, a transitioning cavity volume and a lower cavity volume, wherein the lower cavity volume is greater than the upper cavity volume;
- a first portal for transitioning fluids in or out the cavity from a top portion;
- a second portal positioned in the lower body transitioning fluids in or out of the cavity from a lower portion;
- a wheel assembly connected to the lower body;
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- a kingpin assembly positioned proximate to the upper body, adjacent the front end, the kingpin assembly configured to connect the tank trailer to a transport vehicle.
A tank trailer for lowering a center of gravity of the tank trailer when holding liquid fluids, the tank trailer comprising:
- an upper body at a front end of the trailer, the upper body having a longitudinal length, L1, and an upper body center of gravity;
- a lower body at a rear end of the trailer, the lower body having a longitudinal length, L2, and a lower body center of gravity, wherein L2>L1, and wherein the lower body center of gravity is closer to a ground than the upper body center of gravity;
- a transitioning body coupled to the lower body and the upper body, wherein the transitioning body is fluidly connected to the upper body and the lower body, the transitioning body is angled relative to the upper body and the lower body, wherein the transitioning body is configured to transfer liquid entering the upper body to the lower body to fill a portion of the lower body before filling a portion of the upper body, and wherein the upper body has a diameter D1, the transitioning body has a diameter D2 and the lower body has a diameter D3, and wherein D1=D2 and D2=D3 along a length of the trailer;
- an overall center of gravity, wherein the overall center of gravity is closer to the lower body center of gravity than the upper body center of gravity, and wherein the overall center of gravity is closer to the rear end of the trailer than the front end of the trailer;
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- a kingpin assembly positioned beneath the upper body for attaching the trailer to a transport vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.