ANGLED SPACER MOUNT

摘要

An angled spacer mount for a suspension of a vehicle is disclosed. The angled spacer mount has upper and lower flanges that are set apart from each other at a specific skewed angle. By doing so, the angled spacer mount may be mounted to a spring perch of the suspension of the vehicle to change a curvature characteristic of a coil spring used in the vehicle suspension. The angled spacer mount may be operative to straighten a coil spring to better isolate road conditions from a passenger compartment.

主权项

1. A vehicle suspension system of a vehicle, the system comprising:
a frame of the vehicle; a coil spring rubber isolator mounted to an underside of an upper portion of the frame of the vehicle; an axle pivotally attached to a lower portion of the frame of the vehicle, the axle having a spring perch; a coil spring alignment spacer mounted to the spring perch, the spacer having:
a lower flange sized and configured to mount to the spring perch;an upper flange sized and configured to mate with the coil spring;an extension having an upper end and a lower end at a skewed angle with respect to the upper end, the upper flange being attached to and in line with the upper end of the extension, the lower flange being attached to and in line with the lower end of the extension wherein the upper and lower flanges are oriented at the skewed angle with respect to each other;a spring locator extending perpendicularly with respect to the upper flange; a coil spring defining an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the coil spring seated on the coil spring rubber isolator, the lower end disposed about the spring locator and seated on the upper flange of the spacer.