Patent ID: 7494143

Claim:
A suspension assembly in an automobile vehicle comprising: a support frame; a control arm movable relative to said support frame; a torsion bar connected to said control arm for resisting movement of said control arm relative to said support frame; an adjustment lever connected to said torsion bar for placing said torsion bar in torsion; a torsion bar connection between said adjustment lever and said torsion bar for connecting said adjustment lever to said torsion bar at a plurality of primary drive positions at first angular increments relative to one another; and an indexing system operatively disposed between and directly interconnecting said torsion bar connection and said adjustment lever for positioning said adjustment lever at a plurality of intermediate drive positions at second angular increments; wherein said indexing system includes a hub independent of said adjustment lever and including said torsion bar connection to said torsion bar at said first angular increments; wherein said indexing system includes a hub connection between said hub and said adjustment lever to position said hub angularly relative to said adjustment lever at said second angular increments; wherein said indexing system includes at least one tooth extending radially from said hub and a tooth cavity in said adjustment lever for receiving said at least one tooth; wherein said tooth cavity extends angularly a greater degree than said tooth for allowing said hub to rotate relative to said adjustment lever.