Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1984-12-26
1987-03-17
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280673, B62D 1700
Patent
active
046502084
ABSTRACT:
An indexable caster adjusting plate for use with a motor vehicle suspension including an axle, a wheel carrier pivoted to the axle, and a radius arm attached at its first end to the axle and at its second end to the chassis of the motor vehicle. The caster adjusting plate is used to change caster angle by rotating the axle and wheel carrier about a transverse axis a predetermined amount relative to the radius arm.
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Ford Motor Company Shop Manual for Light Trucks, pp. 19-01-2 and 19-01-9.
Drouillard Jerome R.
Ford Motor Company
Love John J.
May Roger L.
Rice Kenneth R.
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