VEHICLE FRONT WHEEL ANGLE ADJUSTING DEVICE (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: device to adjust front wheel angles of vehicle, (camber and caster) has means for movable connection with vehicle body and with suspension lever by means of articulated joint including spherical head ball pin with threaded shank and intermediate conical rod installed in hole of hub to form adjustment unit and arranged with eccentricity relative to outer round surface of hub and its support surface for turning around axle. Adjustment unit is made in form of conical surfaces on hub and on support plate arranged in corresponding hole of suspension lever with two conical surfaces, with vertices of cones being pointed to each other and providing slackless connection and self- alignment of parts of the unit. Moreover, support plate of adjustment unit attachment can rest either on conical surface of straight or rounded off profile in axial section of cone or on flat surface of suspension lever. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 2 cl, 4 dwg