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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Christopher Moore, Elkhart, IN (US);
Pete Bolenbaugh, Elkhart, IN (US);
David Hoover, Sturgis, MI (US);
Rodney Peterson, Elkhart, IN (US);
Christopher Moore, Elkhart, IN (US);
Pete Bolenbaugh, Elkhart, IN (US);
David Hoover, Sturgis, MI (US);
Rodney Peterson, Elkhart, IN (US);
The Coast Distribution System, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
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.