Adjustable spring mounting assembly for vehicle
AssigneeRV Ride Control, LLC
InventorsRobert F. Mater, Jr., Auldreg Dismuke
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Abstract
An adjustable spring mounting assembly includes an adjustment plate, including a receiver, an elongated axle alignment slot and at least one height adjustment aperture, and an alignment correction insert received and held in said receiver. The alignment correction insert includes a plurality of alignment correction apertures wherein a selected one of the plurality of alignment apertures is aligned with the elongated axle alignment slot to correct axle alignment of the vehicle.
Claims10
An adjustable spring mounting assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a first adjustment plate including a receiver, an elongated axle alignment slot and at least one height adjustment aperture;
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- an alignment correction insert received and held in said receiver, said alignment correction insert including a plurality of alignment correction apertures wherein a selected one of said plurality of alignment apertures is aligned with said elongated axle alignment slot to correct axle alignment of the vehicle wherein (a) said alignment correction insert includes a body having a first face, a second face, a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, (b) said alignment correction insert includes a first centerline extending between said first side and said second side, (c) said alignment correction insert includes a second centerline extending between said third side and said fourth side, (d) said plurality of alignment correction apertures includes a first aperture centered on said first centerline a distance D from said second centerline, (e) said first centerline and said second centerline divide the body into a first quadrant, a second quadrant, a third a quadrant and a fourth quadrant and said first aperture extends partially into said first quadrant and said second quadrant, (f) wherein the plurality of alignment correction apertures includes a second aperture primarily in said third quadrant the distance D from the first centerline, (g) the plurality of alignment correction apertures includes a third aperture in said fourth quadrant the distance D from the first centerline and (h) the plurality of alignment correction apertures includes a fourth aperture in said fourth quadrant the distance D from the second centerline.
An alignment correction insert adapted for correcting alignment of an axle of a vehicle, comprising:
- a body having a first face, a second face, a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, a first centerline extending between said first side and said second side, a second centerline extending between said third side and said fourth side and a plurality of alignment correction apertures wherein all of said plurality of alignment correction apertures are located a distance D from either said first centerline or said second centerline wherein (a) said first centerline and said second centerline divide the body into a first quadrant, a second quadrant, a third quadrant and a fourth quadrant and said plurality of alignment correction apertures includes a first aperture centered on said first centerline a distance D from said second centerline and (b) wherein the plurality of alignment correction apertures includes a second aperture in said first quadrant the distance D from the first centerline, a third aperture in said third quadrant the distance D from the first centerline, a fourth aperture in said third quadrant the distance D from the second centerline and a fifth aperture in said fourth quadrant the distance D from the first centerline.
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