Anti-sway trailer hitch devices
AssigneeThe Coast Distribution System, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Moore, Pete Bolenbaugh, David Hoover, Rodney Peterson
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates trailer hitch devices for towing a trailer behind a vehicle. The present disclosure provides a hitch and associated structures which provide an anti-sway function. More specifically, the present disclosure provides an anti-sway trailer hitch including an anti-sway device for the hitch, wherein the anti-sway device includes: a sway bar attachment member having a cammed surface; and a sway controller having a bias mechanism adapted to bias a travel axis of the trailer toward a travel axis of the towing vehicle through an interaction between the cammed surface of the sway bar attachment member and the bias mechanism.
Claims20
An anti-sway device for a trailer hitch configured to couple a trailer to a towing vehicle, comprising:
- a sway bar attachment member, wherein the sway bar attachment member has a cammed surface;
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- a sway controller, wherein the sway controller includes a bias mechanism adapted to bias a travel axis of the trailer toward a travel axis of the towing vehicle through an interaction with the cammed surface of the sway bar attachment member.
A trailer hitch device configured to couple a trailer to a towing vehicle, comprising:
- a hitch body including a trailer attachment device;
- a sway bar attachment member, wherein the sway bar attachment member has a cammed surface;
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- a sway controller, wherein the sway controller includes a bias mechanism adapted to bias a travel axis of the trailer toward a travel axis of the towing vehicle through an interaction with the cammed surface of the sway bar attachment member.
A method of preventing sway in a trailer towed behind a towing vehicle, comprising:
- providing a sway bar attachment member, wherein the sway bar attachment member has a cammed surface;
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- providing a bias mechanism configured to bias a travel axis of the trailer attached to the sway bar attachment member toward a travel axis of a towing vehicle, wherein the bias mechanism biases the travel axis of the trailer through an interaction with the cammed surface of the sway bar attachment member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.