Patent ID: 7163215
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a front vehicle suspension, wherein said suspension includes a left and a right strut, each said strut including an upper end, a bottom end and a first longitudinal centerline, said first longitudinal centerline defining a strut axis, a left and a right structural strut tower, said left and said right strut towers each including a mounting member oriented in a plane substantially orthogonal with said respective left and said right strut axes, said mounting members each including a central aperture, wherein said upper end of said left strut attaches to said left strut tower mounting member via said central aperture, wherein said upper end of said right strut attaches to said right strut tower mounting member via said central aperture, wherein said bottom end of said left and said right strut includes a flange, said flange including an upper bore and a lower bore for attachment of a spindle via an upper threaded fastener and a lower threaded fastener, a suspension tuning kit comprising: a pair of camber plates, each having an inner surface, an outer surface, a top end, a bottom end, a contoured perimeter, and a second longitudinal centerline, wherein said second longitudinal centerline extends from said top end to said bottom end, said top end including a first transverse bore positioned generally along said second longitudinal centerline, said first transverse bore constructed and arranged to cooperate with a top spindle attachment fastener, said bottom end including a second transverse bore, said second transverse bore constructed and arranged to cooperate with a bottom spindle attachment fastener, wherein said inner surfaces of said camber plates are positioned juxtaposed to an outer surface of said flange, wherein said inner or said outer surface of each said camber elate includes a cavity therein, wherein said cavity is constructed and arranged to secure and locate an offset-plate, said cavity including a contoured perimeter wall, said perimeter wall surrounding at least one of said first or said second transverse bores, wherein said offset-plate includes an outer contoured perimeter conjugately shaped with respect to said contoured perimeter wall of said cavity so that said offset plate fits snugly into said cavity, wherein said offset-plate includes an aperture therethrough, said aperture offset a predetermined amount with respect to said second longitudinal centerline; wherein said kit may be secured to said left or said right strut flange, whereby said first bore and said offset plate aperture align with said upper and said lower bores in said strut flange and wherein said top and bottom spindle attachment fasteners extend through said camber plates, said flange and said spindle, wherein said top and bottom spindle attachment fasteners cooperate with threaded nuts to secure said suspension tuning kit to said front vehicle suspension, wherein spindle camber angle is adjustable throughout an extended range, whereby said strut axis remains unchanged.