Patent ID: 6089583
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
A stabilizer for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has a framework which extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and has a wheel shaft extending transversely of the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is supported to the framework;the stabilizer comprising:an elongate bar extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the bar being spaced from the wheel shaft;a first bearing and a second bearing at spaced apart locations along and attached to the bar, the first and second bearings being also attached to the framework, whereby the bar is supported by the first and second bearings to the framework;a first shank extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a first connection at which the first shank is non-swivellingly connected to the bar; a second shank also extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a second connection spaced along the bar from the first connection at which the second shank is non-swivellingly connected to the bar; and the first and second shanks being swivellingly connected to the wheel shaft;the shanks being oriented, at least in the region of the first and second connections, so that the bar extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle intersects each of the shanks at a respective oblique angle at least in the region of the respective first and second connections.