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US 2021/0170787 A1Published application
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.
Claims14
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 and a cam spacer, the cam stud extending at least partially through the vehicle frame, the cam spacer rotationally fixed to the cam stud,
- wherein rotating the cam spacer moves the vehicle wheel relative to the vehicle frame.
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A method for moving a vehicle wheel relative to a vehicle frame, the method comprising:
- inserting a cam stud at least partially through the vehicle frame, the cam stud inserted from a side of the vehicle frame;
- rotationally fixing a cam spacer to the cam stud, the cam spacer 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
- rotating the cam spacer, from the side of the vehicle frame, to move the vehicle wheel relative to the vehicle frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.