Camber adjustment apparatus and method
OwnerAlin MARINESCUinventor
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Abstract
A camber adjustment apparatus is provided for alignment of a vehicle wheel. The camber adjustment apparatus includes: a plate member configured to be bolted to the vehicle wheel; an adjuster plate member coupled to a bottom surface of the plate member and comprising a first end and a second end; an adjuster bolt coupled to the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member; and an adjusting body movably coupled to the adjuster bolt and at least partially disposed between the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member. The adjusting body is configured so that rotation of the adjuster bolt moves the adjusting body between the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member such that the plate member is adjusted to a predetermined camber.
Claims20
A camber adjustment apparatus for alignment of a vehicle wheel, the apparatus comprising:
- a plate member configured to be bolted to the vehicle wheel;
- an adjuster plate member coupled to a bottom surface of the plate member and comprising a first end and a second end;
- an adjuster bolt coupled to the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member;
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- an adjusting body movably coupled to the adjuster bolt and at least partially disposed between the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member,
- wherein the adjusting body is configured so that rotation of the adjuster bolt moves the adjusting body between the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member such that the plate member is adjusted to a predetermined camber.
A camber adjustment system comprising:
- a vehicle comprising at least one wheel hub coupled to an axle;
- a camber adjustment apparatus bolted to the wheel hub, the camber adjustment apparatus comprising:
- a plate member configured to be bolted to the vehicle wheel;
- an adjuster plate member coupled to a bottom surface of the plate member and comprising a first end and a second end;
- an adjuster bolt coupled to the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member;
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- an adjusting body movably coupled to the adjuster bolt and at least partially disposed between the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member,
- wherein the adjusting body is configured so that rotation of the adjuster bolt moves the adjusting body between the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member such that the plate member is adjusted to a predetermined camber.
A method of adjusting camber of a wheel hub of a vehicle comprising:
- providing a camber adjustment apparatus comprising a plate member configured to be bolted to the vehicle wheel, an adjuster plate member coupled to a bottom surface of the plate member and comprising a first end and a second end, an adjuster bolt coupled to the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member, and an adjusting body movably coupled to the adjuster bolt and at least partially disposed between the first end and the second end of the adjuster plate member;
- securing the camber adjustment apparatus to the wheel hub of the vehicle;
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- rotating, in at least one of a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction, the adjuster bolt until the wheel hub of the vehicle is set to a predetermined camber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.