Patent ID: 7891679
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. An adjustment arrangement in a suspension hanger assembly useable for squaring the orientation of an axle with the travel direction of an incorporating vehicle, said adjustment arrangement comprising: a hanger bracket having a pair of substantially parallel, spaced apart hanger legs projecting generally away from the incorporating vehicle, each of said hanger legs having a elongate aperture that is mutually aligned with the other; a bushing pin inserted through both elongate apertures with opposite end portions of said pin being similarly positioned in respective elongate apertures thereby establishing a substantially squared orientation between said hanger bracket and said bushing pin; a pair of adjustment devices, one each associated with a respective end portion of said bushing pin and configured to synchronously move both end portions of said bushing pin to similar positions in said elongate apertures thereby maintaining said substantially squared orientation between said hanger bracket and said bushing pin; each of said adjustment devices being rotatable about a floating axis relative to the hanger bracket and having a tool-receiving aperture eccentrically located relative to the floating rotational axis, each of said tool-receiving apertures being configured to simultaneously receive a single actuating tool for affecting synchronous rotation of said adjustment devices; and each adjustment device comprising a washer having a main body and an extension tab oriented to project generally away from the incorporating vehicle and through which said tool-receiving aperture extends.