Patent ID: 8029008

Claim:
A suspension for a vehicle axle extending laterally across a vehicle, comprising: a leaf spring extending longitudinally along a side of the vehicle having a front limb, a rear limb, and a spring seat section positioned between the front and rear limbs; an axle seat attached to the vehicle axle; a clamp group mounting surface of the axle seat positioned longitudinally offset from the vehicle axle; and a fastener used to clamp the spring seat section of the leaf spring to the clamp group mounting surface of the axle seat such that the clamped spring seat section is not symmetrically positioned about a centerline of the vehicle axle; a second fastener extending through the axle seat portion and the vehicle axle to attach the axle seat to the vehicle axle; and a reinforcement component extending between the front and rear sides of the vehicle axle and positioned directly adjacent to the second fastener.