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US 10,589,589 B2Granted
Integrated steering yoke and spring seat for suspension systems
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJoe L. Buchwitz, John Wesley Stanley, Vijay Bokil, James Adam Drozdowski, Timothy Panagis
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Abstract
Vehicle suspension systems are described herein. An example vehicle suspension includes a yoke to couple a knuckle to an axle of the vehicle suspension. The yoke includes a post to receive the axle and a lobe projecting from the post.
Claims14
A vehicle suspension comprising:
- a yoke to couple a knuckle to an axle of the vehicle suspension, the yoke including:
- a spring seat to support a biasing element of the vehicle suspension;
- a post to receive the axle;
- a lobe projecting from the post,
- the lobe defining a clamp-engaging surface;
- and a guide plate to couple to the clamp-engaging surface of the lobe, the guide plate to couple the biasing element to the yoke via the spring seat;
- and
- a fastener that removably coupes to the guide plate to couple the biasing element to the yoke, the yoke including of a first notch to receive a first portion of the fastener and a second notch to receive a second portion of the fastener, the first notch being adjacent the second notch.
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A vehicle suspension apparatus comprising:
- a yoke to couple a steerable wheel assembly to a solid axle, the yoke having a post to receive the solid axle and a clamp-engaging surface positioned adjacent the post, the yoke including a first notch and a second notch adjacent the first notch;
- and
- a clamp including a fastener to removably couple to a plate to couple a leaf spring assembly of the vehicle suspension to the yoke, the first notch to receive a first portion of the fastener and the second notch to receive a second portion of the fastener, the clamp having a lobe-engaging surface to ratably engage the clamp-engaging surface of the yoke when the clamp is coupled to the yoke, the clamp being rotatable relative to the clamp-engaging surface of the yoke to adjust at least one of a first pinion angle of the vehicle suspension or a first caster angle of the wheel assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.