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US 11,485,186 B2Granted
Spring seat bracket for vehicle suspension
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJack Wiley Cooper, Sean McMahon Conway, Andrew Barry Lane, Justin Applegate
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Abstract
A suspension assembly for a vehicle may include a wheel support structure operably coupling a wheel to the suspension assembly, a bolt-in spring seat bracket operably coupled to the wheel support structure, and a spring supported by the bolt-in spring seat bracket and disposed between a chassis of the vehicle and the bolt-in spring bracket. The bolt-in spring seat bracket may be adjustable to change a ride height of the vehicle.
Claims18
A suspension assembly for a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- a wheel support structure operably coupling a wheel to the suspension assembly;
- a bolt-in spring seat bracket operably coupled to the wheel support structure;
- and
- a spring supported by the bolt-in spring seat bracket and disposed between a chassis of the vehicle and the bolt-in spring bracket;
- wherein the bolt-in spring seat bracket is adjustable to change a ride height of the vehicle;
- wherein the bolt-in spring seat bracket comprises:
- a bracket body affixed to the wheel support structure;
- a perch comprising a seat portion on which the spring is supported;
- and
- an adjustable interface connecting the perch to the bracket body;
- wherein the adjustable interface comprises elongated or slot-shaped fastener reception orifices on the bracket body or the perch that permit moving or sliding of fasteners within the reception orifices for adjustability.
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A suspension assembly for a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- a wheel support structure operably coupling a wheel to the suspension assembly;
- a bolt-in spring seat bracket operably coupled to the wheel support structure;
- and
- a spring supported by the bolt-in spring seat bracket and disposed between a chassis of the vehicle and the bolt-in spring bracket,
- wherein the bolt-in spring seat bracket is adjustable to change a ride height of the vehicle;
- wherein the bolt-in spring seat bracket comprises:
- a bracket body affixed to the wheel support structure;
- a perch comprising a first seat portion on which the spring is supported;
- and
- an adjustable interface connecting the perch to the bracket body,
- wherein the interface is adjustable to change the ride height of the vehicle without changing either the bracket body or the perch,
- wherein the perch comprises a mounting portion and a second seat portion disposed to face in a different direction than the first seat portion, and
- wherein the mounting portion is mountable in a first orientation to support the spring on the first seat portion or a second orientation to support the spring on the second seat portion to change the selected ride height.
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A vehicle suspension system comprising:
- a first suspension assembly operably coupling a first wheel to a chassis of a vehicle;
- and
- a second suspension assembly operably coupling a second wheel to the chassis, each of the first and second suspension assemblies comprising:
- a wheel support structure operably coupling the first and second wheels to the first and second suspension assemblies, respectively,
- a bolt-in spring seat bracket operably coupled to the wheel support structure, and
- a spring supported by the bolt-in spring seat bracket and disposed between a chassis of the vehicle and the bolt-in spring bracket,
- wherein the bolt-in spring seat bracket is adjustable to change a ride height of the vehicle;
- wherein the bolt-in spring seat bracket comprises:
- a bracket body affixed to the wheel support structure;
- a perch comprising a seat portion on which the spring is supported;
- and
- an adjustable interface connecting the perch to the bracket body;
- wherein the adjustable interface comprises elongated or slot-shaped fastener reception orifices on the bracket body or the perch that permit moving or sliding of fasteners within the reception orifices for adjustability.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.