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US 10,864,792 B2Granted
Ride-height adjustment with leaf spring
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRinku Patel, Salvador Padilla, Jared Shroyer, Eric Schaus
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Abstract
A suspension system includes a leaf spring, an actuator attached to the leaf spring, and an axle mount attached to the actuator. The actuator is disposed vertically between the leaf spring and the axle mount and is actuatable to change a distance between the leaf spring and the axle mount.
Claims20
A suspension system comprising:
- a leaf spring;
- a first actuator attached to the leaf spring;
- a second actuator attached to the leaf spring;
- an axle mount attached to the first actuator and the second actuator;
- a first bottom plate directly attached to the first actuator and to the axle mount;
- a second bottom plate directly connected to the second actuator and the axle mount;
- and
- wherein the first actuator and the second actuator are disposed vertically between the leaf spring and the axle mount and are actuatable to change a distance between the leaf spring and the axle mount.
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A suspension system comprising:
- a leaf spring;
- a first actuator attached to the leaf spring;
- a second actuator attached to the leaf spring;
- a top plate disposed between the first actuator and the leaf spring and between the second actuator and the leaf spring;
- a U-bolt holding the top plate and the leaf spring together;
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- an axle mount attached to the first actuator and the second actuator;
- wherein the first actuator and the second actuator are disposed vertically between the leaf spring and the axle mount and are actuatable to change a distance between the leaf spring and the axle mount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.