Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1981-05-22
1983-02-22
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
172677, 280493, 280504, 294 82AH, B60D 114
Patent
active
043745938
ABSTRACT:
A towbar assembly wherein two individual towbars are arranged in a V-configuration between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle. The leading ends of the towbars have special end connectors that hook around a single towing pintle so that each towbar carries approximately the same tensile loading irrespective of changes in vehicle pitch or roll attitude. Each towbar is essentially independent of the other towbar, whereby the towbar loadings are essentially in the direction of the bar longitudinal axis; bending forces are to a great extent eliminated. The invention is designed primarily for use in towing large heavy vehicles weighing in excess of fifty tons.
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patent: 1479182 (1924-01-01), Jeschke
patent: 2092593 (1937-09-01), Seys
patent: 3492022 (1970-01-01), Hansen
patent: 3938830 (1976-02-01), Lane
Celentino James L.
Smith Roger R.
Edelberg Nathan
Hill M. J.
McRae John E.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Taucher Peter A.
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