US PATENT SUBCLASS 280 / 86.751
.~.~.~ Camber or caster

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280 /   HD   LAND VEHICLES

29  DF  WHEELED {21}
80.1  DF  .~ Running gear {20}
86.75  DF  .~.~ Alignment adjustment {2}
86.751.~.~.~ Camber or caster {4}
86.752  DF  .~.~.~.~> Vertical strut to tower
86.753  DF  .~.~.~.~> Shim (e.g., cam)
86.754  DF  .~.~.~.~> Eccentric coupling {2}
86.757  DF  .~.~.~.~> Adjustable control rod

DEFINITION

Classification: 280/86.751

Camber or caster:

(under subclass 86.75) Subject matter wherein the spatial alteration comprises an inclination or tilt of (a) a wheel relative to the ground surface as measured in degrees from true vertical (i.e., camber) or (b) a steering axis relative to the center line of the wheel as measured in degrees from true vertical (i.e., caster).

(1) Note. Camber is the tilting inward (negative camber) or outward (positive camber) of the top of the wheel as viewed from the front of the vehicle.

(2) Note. Caster is the tilting forward (negative caster)

or backward (positive caster) of a line extending through upper and lower ball joints or a kingpin as viewed from the side of the vehicle.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

5.521, for a suspension wherein camber or caster adjustment is caused to occur in response to a force encountered while the vehicle is in surface traversing motion.