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US 11,584,160 B2Granted
Vehicle having adjustment mechanism
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsJason D Wharram, Douglas E Peirce, James N Settles
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle wheel, a vehicle frame and an adjustment mechanism configured to move the vehicle wheel relative to the vehicle frame. The adjustment mechanism includes a cam stud and a cam spacer. The cam stud extends at least partially through the vehicle frame. The cam spacer is rotationally fixed to the cam stud. Rotating the cam spacer moves the vehicle wheel relative to the vehicle frame.
Claims12
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle wheel;
- a vehicle frame;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism configured to move the vehicle wheel relative to the vehicle frame, the adjustment mechanism including a cam stud, an eccentric cam washer, and a cam spacer, the cam stud extending at least partially through the vehicle frame, and the cam spacer and the eccentric cam washer are each rotationally fixed to the cam stud,
- wherein the cam stud includes a spacer portion and a washer portion that are spaced apart from each other, and an unthreaded portion between the spacer portion and the washer portion,
- the unthreaded portion has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the spacer portion and a diameter of the washer portion,
- the cam spacer is rotationally fixed to the spacer portion and the cam washer is rotationally fixed to the washer portion, and
- rotating the cam spacer moves the vehicle wheel relative to the vehicle frame.
5 more elements
A method for moving a vehicle wheel relative to a vehicle frame, the method comprising:
- inserting an adjustment mechanism including a cam stud, an eccentric cam washer, and a cam spacer at least partially through the vehicle frame, the cam stud being inserted from a side of the vehicle frame;
- rotationally fixing the cam spacer and the cam washer to the cam stud, the cam spacer being rotationally fixed to the cam stud from the side of the vehicle frame after the cam stud is inserted at least partially through the vehicle frame, and the cam washer being rotationally fixed to the cam stud from another side of the vehicle frame after the cam stud is inserted at least partially through the vehicle frame;
- and
- rotating the cam spacer, from the side of the vehicle frame, to move the vehicle wheel relative to the vehicle frame,
- wherein the cam stud includes a spacer portion and a washer portion that are spaced apart from each other, and an unthreaded portion between the spacer portion and the washer portion, and
- the unthreaded portion has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the spacer portion and a diameter of the washer portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.