Patent ID: 7204478

Claim:
A height control valve for controlling the relative height between a vehicle frame and a vehicle suspension, the height control valve comprising: a housing defining an interior chamber and having a plurality of ports disposed at fixed locations relative to said housing for selectively operating the height control valve between fill, exhaust and neutral positions; said housing including; a first mounting member located along an edge of the housing for mounting the height control valve to the vehicle frame; a second mounting member located along an edge of the housing for mounting the height control valve to the vehicle frame, said second mounting member being located a distance (d 1 ) from said first mounting member; and a third mounting member located along an edge of the housing for mounting the height control valve to the vehicle frame, said third mounting member being located a distance (d 2 ) from said second mounting member, the distance (d 1 ) being substantially equal to the distance (d 2 ), with a first plane defined by said first mounting member and said second member being substantially orthogonal to a second plane defined by said second mounting member and said third mounting member so as to facilitate various mounting positions, each being substantially 90 degrees apart, of the height control valve relative to the vehicle frame; a rotatable valve element located in the interior chamber of the housing; a position indicator for said valve element to indicate the rotational position of said rotatable valve element so that upon installation of the height control valve in one of a number of the various mounting positions to the vehicle frame the valve element may be aligned with a lever arm to operate the height control valve between the fill, exhaust and neutral positions.