Sway control bar with cooling vents and spring clamp
AssigneeLippert Components, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Paul Few
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Abstract
A sway bar connectable between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle includes a telescoping framework with an outer body and a slide bar. The outer body and slide bar include one each of a trailer connector and a tow connector. The outer body has a plurality of air vents. An air inlet opening in the telescoping framework is connected to an airflow path extending along the outer body and through the air vents. A spring clamp compresses friction pads between the outer body and the slide bar. An adjustment bolt in connection with the spring clamp is used to adjust the friction coefficient. The design allows for ventilation of the towing bar during use, which reduces the buildup of heat within the system.
Claims20
A sway bar connectable between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, the sway bar comprising:
- a double V-shaped outer body including a trailer connector at one end and a receptacle at an opposite end, the outer body including air vents;
- a slide bar including a bar body positioned in the receptacle of the outer body and a tow connector at a distal end, the bar body being displaceable telescopically relative to the outer body;
- a plurality of friction pads interposed between the double V-shaped outer body and the bar body;
- a double V-shaped spring clamp secured over the double V-shaped outer body, the double V-shaped spring clamp compressing the double V-shaped outer body and defining a friction coefficient between the slide bar and the friction pads;
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- an air inlet opening between the slide bar and the double V-shaped outer body, the air inlet opening connected to an airflow path extending along the double V-shaped outer body and through the air vents.
A sway bar connectable between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, the sway bar comprising:
- a telescoping framework with a double V-shaped outer body including one of a trailer connector and a tow connector and a slide bar displaceable relative to the double V-shaped outer body and including the other of the trailer connector and the tow connector;
- a plurality of air vents in the double V-shaped outer body;
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- an air inlet opening in the telescoping framework, the air inlet opening connected to an airflow path extending along the double V-shaped outer body and through the air vents.
A sway bar connectable between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, the sway bar comprising:
- a telescoping framework with an outer body including one of a trailer connector and a tow connector and a slide bar displaceable relative to the outer body and including the other of the trailer connector and the tow connector;
- friction pads positioned between the outer body and the slide bar;
- a spring clamp secured over the outer body, the spring clamp compressing the outer body and defining a friction coefficient between the slide bar and the friction pads;
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- an adjustment bolt cooperable with the spring clamp configured to adjust the friction coefficient between the slide bar and the friction pads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.