Adjuster, frame and vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Motor Power Products Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyuta Inoue, Ken Itou, Yuya Sato
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Abstract
A golf cart includes a frame, an adjuster, and a pair of suspension assemblies that reduce changes in camber angles in a pair of wheels caused by an adjustment of a ground clearance. The adjuster includes a pair of first adjusting portions and a pair of second adjusting portions. Each of the first adjusting portions includes a first upper hole and a first lower hole. Each of the second adjusting portions includes a second upper hole and a second lower hole. Each suspension assembly includes a damper and an arm portion. When the golf cart is set to a high ground clearance, the first adjusting portions are installed between the frame and the dampers, and the second adjusting portions are installed between the frame and the arm portions.
Claims9
An adjuster for adjusting a ground clearance of a vehicle that includes a pair of strut suspension assemblies each including a damper, an arm portion, and a knuckle portion, the adjuster comprising:
- a pair of first adjusting portions each including a first upper hole and a first lower hole, the pair of first adjusting portions arranged to be installed between the dampers and a frame of the vehicle to adjust a position of the frame with respect to the dampers;
- and
- a pair of second adjusting portions each including a second upper hole and a second lower hole, the pair of second adjusting portions arranged to be installed between the arm portions and the frame of the vehicle at a height lower than the pair of first adjusting portions to adjust a position of the frame with respect to the arm portions;
- wherein
- a distance between the first upper hole and the first lower hole is equal or substantially equal to a distance between the second upper hole and the second lower hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.