Patent ID: 7766344

Claim:
An adjuster device for a vehicle that has a suspension device including (i) an axle carrier rotatably holding a wheel of the vehicle and (ii) at least one suspension arm interconnecting the axle carrier and a body of the vehicle, said adjuster device comprising: (a) a shaft held by the body of the vehicle, so as to be rotatable about an axis thereof relative to the body of the vehicle and movable in an axial direction thereof relative to the body of the vehicle; (b) an arm connected at a proximal end portion thereof to said shaft, unrotatably about said axis of said shaft relative to said shaft, and extending from said shaft in a direction intersecting said axial direction of said shaft; (c) an actuator causing one of rotation of said shaft about said axis and axial movement of said shaft in said axial direction; and (d) a motion converter converting said one of the rotation of said shaft and the axial movement of said shaft, into the other of the rotation of said shaft and the axial movement of said shaft, wherein said arm is connected at a distal end portion thereof to one of the at least one suspension arm, so as to enable the rotation of said shaft to cause change in a vertical distance between the wheel and the body of the vehicle, and wherein said shaft is connected to one of the at least one suspension arm or to the axle carrier, so as to enable the axial movement of said shaft to cause change in an alignment of the wheel.