US PATENT SUBCLASS 280 / 5.511
.~.~.~ Applied to sway or torsion bar

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280 /   HD   LAND VEHICLES

5.5  DF  SUSPENSION MODIFICATION ENACTED DURING TRAVEL (I.E., ACTIVE SUSPENSION CONTROL) {9}
5.508  DF  .~ Lateral vehicle disposition {2}
5.51  DF  .~.~ Steering element responsive (e.g., steering angle, steering rate) {2}
5.511.~.~.~ Applied to sway or torsion bar

DEFINITION

Classification: 280/5.511

Applied to sway or torsion bar:

(under subclass 5.51) Subject matter wherein the regulatable elastic means includes an elongated rod, shaft, or tube having a long axis and providing a springing action through twisting about the long axis (torque deformation) upon which the regulative action is administered.

(1) Note. The mere inclusion of a sway or torsion bar does not cause assignment to this subclass unless a regulative action is applied to such sway or torsion bar.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

124.106+, for a mechanical hardware or structural assembly suspension arrangement for preventing sideways or transverse tilt of a vehicle body, chassis, or frame including a sway or torsion bar interconnecting laterally opposed wheel suspension units.

124.125+, for a suspension arrangement of a wheel separately supported upon an individual skein or spindle axle; especially subclass 124.13 wherein a longitudinally extending swinging arm includes stabilizing means within the connection housing of the swinging arm pivot to the vehicle body,

chassis, or frame; subclass 124.137 wherein an upper and lower lateral control arm suspension includes a torsion bar; subclass 124.149 wherein a lateral control arm and vertical strut suspension includes a torsion stabilizer; or subclass 124.152 wherein a lateral control arm suspension includes a stabilizer bar.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

267, Spring Devices, 183+, for a spring device having a stabilizer bar for causing a uniform displacement along a substantially horizontal line contained in the vehicle body or chassis.