Vehicle anti-rollover device

• US 6,588,799 B1
• Filed: 04/09/2001
• Issued: 07/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Angelo Sanchez
• Original Assignee: Angelo Sanchez
• Inventors: Sanchez, Angelo
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson, Paul N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): To, Toan C
• Application Number:
  US09/829,408
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 280/755, 280/756
• US Class Current: 280/755
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 37/00 Stabilising vehicle bodies without controlling suspension arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 49/08 having means for preventing overturning or tipping safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles B60K28/00

Abstract

A mechanical device extends the wheel base of the vehicle so as to prevent vehicle rollover when the vehicle tilts. The device comprises a sliding steel bar or rod with a wheel or cylindrical ball joint at the terminal end that will slide out from a vehicle when the vehicle begins to tilt. The bar/rod extends to the side at the front and rear of the vehicle to a point where it touches the road to prevent further tilt or rollover. The sliding bar/rod is enclosed in a sleeve that is attached to the frame, bumper or body of the vehicle, so that the load of the vehicle can be absorbed, preventing tilting or rollover.

Claims

1. A device for preventing vehicle tilt or rollover comprising:

a fixed geared arm vertically attached to a vehicle, the fixed geared arm further comprising at least one slot;

a hollow swinging arm hingedly attached to the top of said fixed geared arm;

a geared holding arm hingedly attached to the bottom end of the hollow swinging arm, said geared holding arm adapted to engage said fixed gear arm in one direction to help support weight placed on said swinging arm by a tilting vehicle;

a holding bar attached to both the upper end of the geared holding arm and the one or more slots on the fixed geared arm so as to keep the swinging arm from extending beyond a vertical plane as a vehicles tilts; and

a bar rod contained within the hollow swinging arm, said bar rod attached via a spring to an inner surface of the top of the hollow swinging arm, wherein the bar rod extends from the bottom of the hollow swinging arm as the hollow swinging arm extends from the side of a tilting vehicle so as to prevent rollover.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising an electro-mechanical device comprising a level-sensing switch to control the release of the swinging arm and to control the extension of the bar rod.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the electro-mechanical device is a solenoid.