Patent ID: 7051641
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A control arm assembly for pivoting a control shaft of a drive element, the drive element having a centered shaft position, and the control arm being controlled externally of the drive element and urged to an arm centered position, the control arm assembly having a first arm portion fixed to the control shaft, and a second arm portion moveably mounted relative to the first arm portion and fixable in position relative to the first arm portion, the second arm portion being moveable shifts an outer end of the second arm portion relative to a radial reference line extending from a pivot axis of the control shaft, wherein the second arm portion comprises a first arm plate mounted on the control shaft, and a second arm plate fixedly mounted over the first arm plate, the second arm plate having at least one flange depending therefrom and aligned with and spaced from a side surface of the first arm portion, an adjustment screw passes through an opening in the flange and threading into a bore in the side surface of the first arm portion.