Stabilizing mechanism for a follower guide axle of a vehicle trailer

Claim 1

A stabilizing mechanism for a follower guide axle of a vehicle trailer, with the wheels of said axle being mounted on the axle body of the latter via respective knuckle arms, and with said wheels being interconnected via respective guide levers and a tie bar; said stabilizing mechanism comprises: respective pressure mountings that are disposed between each of said knuckle arms and said axle body, and that have cooperating sliding surfaces which have a wavelike configuration; and spring means for stabilizing said pressure mountings in a starting position that is associated with straight-ahead travel, each of said pressure mountings comprising an upper pressure disk that is attached to said axle body, and a lower pressure disk that is attached to said knuckle arm, said sliding surfaces of said pressure disks of a given pressure mounting being provided with at least one pair of intermeshing wave crests and wave troughs, said axle body having a maximum movement stroke within each knuckle arm, with said maximum stroke being less than the depth of said wave troughs of said pressure disks.