Adjustment brackets and adjustment bracket assemblies
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Job, Jason Garbutt
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Abstract
An adjustment bracket used to adjust a space between a first part and a second part is provided. The adjustment bracket comprises a cylindrical adjustment body including a first disc and a second disc. The first and the second discs are formed by cutting the adjustment body into two equal halves along a slanted surface. The first disc and the second disc are capable of counter rotating at an equal amount at an opposite direction, and the adjustment body has a substantially same thickness around its circumference at a home position, and has a varied thickness when the first and second discs rotates along a central axis away from the home position.
Claims18
An adjustment bracket assembly used to adjust a space between a first part and a second part, comprising:
- a first disc having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface and tapered toward the first surface;
- a second disc having a third surface and a fourth surface, wherein the third surface is opposite to the fourth surface and tapered toward the fourth surface;
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- a disc position adjustment mechanism configured to enable rotation of the first and second discs at an opposite direction with an equal amount via a tool;
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- wherein the second surface of the first disc contacts the third surface of the second disc, the first surface of the first disc and the fourth surface of the second disc are substantially parallel at a home position, and the first surface and the fourth surface forms an angle when the first disc and the second disc rotate at an opposite direction around a central axis away from the home position.
An adjustment bracket used to adjust a space between a first part and a second part, comprising:
- a cylindrical adjustment body including a first disc and a second disc, wherein the first and the second discs are formed by cutting the adjustment body into two equal halves along a slanted surface,
- wherein the first disc and the second disc are capable of counter rotating at an equal amount at an opposite direction, wherein the adjustment body has a substantially same thickness around its circumference at a home position, and has a varied thickness when the first and second discs rotates along a central axis away from the home position;
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- wherein the first disc includes a first tab at a first edge and the second disc include a second tab at a second edge opposite to the first edge, and wherein the first tab and the second tabs are connected to a linkage, respectively, and a rotation of the first disc and the second disc at an equal amount at the opposite direction is enabled via movement of the linkage.
An adjustment bracket assembly used to connect a first vehicle part and a second vehicle part, comprising:
- a first disc having a first surface, a second surface, and a central hole, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface and tapered toward the first surface;
- a second disc having a third surface, a fourth surface and a central hole, wherein the third surface is opposite to the fourth surface and tapered toward the fourth surface;
- a disc position adjustment mechanism configured to enable rotation the first and second discs at an opposite direction with an equal amount via a tool,
- wherein the second surface of the first disc contacts the third surface of the second disc, the first surface of the first disc and the fourth surface of the second disc are substantially parallel at a home position, and the first surface and the fourth surface forms an angle when the first disc and the second disc rotate away from the home position.
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