Anti-sway apparatus
OwnerFrank G. Studerinventor
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Abstract
Anti-sway apparatus for use on a vehicle such as a car, truck, or trailer. The vehicle includes an elongated frame structure conventionally carried on a wheel-mounted support structure. The apparatus includes a rigid beam connected to one of the vehicle structures, transversally of the frame structure's long axis, for shifting angularly with the structure to which it is connected and substantially vertically with respect thereto. The beam is coupled to the other vehicle structure by an elastic belt which acts to resist angular movement, about its long axis, with respect to the support structure.
Claims6
Anti-sway apparatus in a vehicle which includes an elongate frame structure and a ground-traveling support structure having an axle which extends transversely of the longitudinal axis of the frame structure, where the frame structure is mounted on the support structure axle for substantially vertical movement toward and away therefrom, and for angular movement about its longitudinal axis with respect to the support structure axle, said apparatus comprising
- a rigid beam positioned below said frame structure and extending transversely of the longitudinal axis thereof,
- elongate arm means joined at one of its ends to said beam and connected at its other end to one of said structures for pivoting with respect thereto about an axis paralleling said beam, and
- tensioning means yieldably tensioning said beam against the other of said structures to resist angular movement of said beam, with respect to said other structure, about the longitudinal axis of the frame structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.