Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1979-04-09
1980-11-04
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
403161, 403DIG8, B62D 1700
Patent
active
042315883
ABSTRACT:
A sleeve assembly for adjusting the camber, and castor, or pneumatic trail, of a wheel assembly includes an inner sleeve with an aperture therethrough adapted to receive a ball stud. The inner sleeve having a partially spherical surface which is received in a complementary socket in a second sleeve which is fitted within an aperture of an upper arm of a spindle. The inner sleeve is pivotable with respect to the outer sleeve to incline the aperture therethrough with respect to the central axis of the outer sleeve such that the upper and lower openings of the aperture have opposite eccentricities with respect to the axis of the outer sleeve to angle the stud varying degrees with respect to the upper arm of the spindle.
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Dickerson Carroll D.
Makowski Lawrence A.
Wotton David R.
Ford Motor Company
Permut Steven L.
Sadler Clifford L.
Song Robert R.
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