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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
David Merchant, Lincoln, NE (US);
Tyler Swartz, Omaha, NE (US);
David Merchant, Lincoln, NE (US);
Tyler Swartz, Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A steering stabilizer includes a device connecting a fixed part of a vehicle to a steering mechanism of the vehicle, a control mechanism, and a centering mechanism. The control mechanism, which normally maintains an equilibrium configuration, includes a first member connected to a cylinder portion of a gas spring and a second member secured to a rod portion of the gas spring. A centering mechanism maintains alignment of the gas spring with the device. When the stabilizer is extended from the equilibrium configuration, the gas spring is activated to responsively and automatically return the stabilizer to the equilibrium configuration; and when the device is compressed from the equilibrium configuration, the gas spring is activated to responsively and automatically return the stabilizer to the equilibrium configuration.