Patent ID: 11904963
Assignee: LINK MFG., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A multi-piece bracket for removably coupling a load spring of an auxiliary suspension system to a frame of a vehicle, the bracket comprising:
a first portion configured to be fixedly attached to an upper portion of the load spring;
a second portion configured to be fixedly attached to the frame and removably attached to the first portion, wherein the first portion is configured to be detached from the second portion and subsequently reattached to the second portion while the first portion remains fixedly attached to the load spring and the second portion remains fixedly attached to the frame;
one or more first fasteners configured to be engaged with both the first portion of the bracket and the upper portion of the load spring to fixedly attach the first portion of the bracket to the upper portion of the load spring; and
one or more second fasteners configured to be engaged with both the first portion of the bracket and the second portion of the bracket to removably attach the first portion of the bracket to the second portion of the bracket, wherein the one or more second fasteners are further configured to be disengaged from at least one of the first portion of the bracket or the second portion of the bracket to release the second portion of the bracket from the first portion of the bracket while the one or more first fasteners remain engaged with both the first portion of the bracket and the upper portion of the load spring.