Patent ID: 6170594
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B60G,B60R,B60T

Abstract:
An apparatus for reducing the danger of vehicle rollover under conditions of steering induced lateral force applied to a moving land vehicle having front and rear ends, at least a first pair of steerable, ground engaging tires located in a front position and a second pair of ground engaging tires located in a rear position, comprising:a fluid capable of reducing traction of a ground engaging tire when the fluid is applied to the contact patch of the tire with the underlying ground;a reservoir containing a volume of said fluid;an applicator, selectively activatable between active and inactive modes, when in active mode delivering fluid from the reservoir to the proximity of the contact patch of at least one of the ground engaging tires;control means for sensing a rollover predictive factor effecting the vehicle and activating the applicator to active mode in response to detection of at least a preselected value of the rollover predictive factor;whereby the vehicle is enabled to dissipate the lateral force by sliding laterally.