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US 10,260,580 B2Granted
Articulating brake component mounting plate for wheel alignment correction
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorZachary Alexander Merrill
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Abstract
An apparatus for a vehicle is provided that includes and axle and an articulating brake component mounting plate carried by the axle. The articulating brake component mounting plate has an inner portion and an outer portion, and the position of the outer portion is adjustable with respect to the inner portion. Either the inner portion or the outer portion defines an adjustment nut aperture. An adjustment nut is located in the adjustment nut aperture.
Claims18
An apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an axle;
- an articulating brake component mounting plate carried by the axle, wherein the articulating brake component mounting plate has an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein the position of the outer portion is adjustable with respect to the inner portion, wherein either the inner portion or the outer portion defines an adjustment nut aperture, wherein the articulating brake component mounting plate has an adjustment nut located in the adjustment nut aperture;
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- a spindle, wherein the inner portion has a spindle aperture that receives the spindle, wherein the spindle aperture has a spindle aperture axis, wherein the articulating brake component mounting plate has an engagement pin that has an engagement pin axis, wherein the adjustment nut engages the engagement pin, wherein the spindle aperture axis is perpendicular to the engagement pin axis, and wherein the outer portion rotates relative to the inner portion about the engagement pin axis to expose a bottom surface of the inner portion and the adjustment nut is tightened to fix the positioning of the outer portion to the inner surface such that the bottom surface of the inner portion is exposed, wherein the bottom surface is an exterior surface of the inner portion.
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An apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an axle;
- an articulating brake component mounting plate carried by the axle, wherein the articulating brake component mounting plate has an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein the position of the outer portion is adjustable with respect to the inner portion, wherein the inner portion defines an adjustment nut aperture and the adjustment nut aperture is not located at the outer portion, wherein the articulating brake component mounting plate has an adjustment nut located in the adjustment nut aperture,
- wherein the adjustment nut is tightened in order to lock the position of the outer portion relative to the inner portion, and wherein the adjustment nut is loosened in order to allow adjustment of the position of the outer portion relative to the inner portion;
- a spindle, wherein the inner portion has a spindle aperture that receives the spindle, wherein the spindle aperture has a spindle aperture axis, wherein the articulating brake component mounting plate has an engagement pin that has an engagement pin axis, wherein the adjustment nut engages the engagement pin, wherein the spindle aperture axis is perpendicular to the engagement pin axis, and wherein the outer portion rotates relative to the inner portion about the engagement pin axis to expose a bottom surface of the inner portion and the adjustment nut is tightened to fix the positioning of the outer portion to the inner surface such that the bottom surface of the inner portion is exposed, wherein the bottom surface is an exterior surface of the bottom portion;
- brake shoes that have a brake shoe frictional pad;
- a brake drum that has a brake drum inner surface;
- wherein the outer portion carries the brake shoes and wherein the axle has an axis, wherein the spindle aperture axis is coaxial with the axis of the axle, wherein the outer portion is oriented with respect to the inner portion such that the brake shoe frictional pad directly faces the brake drum inner surface.
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An apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an axle;
- an articulating brake component mounting plate carried by the axle, wherein the articulating brake component mounting plate has an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein the position of the outer portion is adjustable with respect to the inner portion;
- brake shoes that have a brake shoe frictional pad;
- a brake drum that has a brake drum inner surface, wherein the outer portion is oriented with respect to the inner portion such that the brake shoe frictional pad directly faces the brake drum inner surface;
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- a spindle, wherein the inner portion has a spindle aperture that receives the spindle, wherein the spindle aperture has a spindle aperture axis, wherein the articulating brake component mounting plate has an engagement pin that has an engagement pin axis, wherein an adjustment nut engages the engagement pin, wherein the spindle aperture axis is perpendicular to the engagement pin axis, and wherein the outer portion rotates relative to the inner portion about the engagement pin axis to expose a bottom surface of the inner portion and the adjustment nut is tightened to fix the positioning of the outer portion to the inner surface such that the bottom surface of the inner portion is exposed, wherein the bottom surface is an exterior surface of the inner portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.