Adjuster, frame and vehicle
View Patent ↗A golf cart includes a frame, an adjuster, and a pair of suspension assemblies that reduce changes in camber angles in a pair of wheels caused by an adjustment of a ground clearance. The adjuster includes a pair of first adjusting portions and a pair of second adjusting portions. Each of the first adjusting portions includes a first upper hole and a first lower hole. Each of the second adjusting portions includes a second upper hole and a second lower hole. Each suspension assembly includes a damper and an arm portion. When the golf cart is set to a high ground clearance, the first adjusting portions are installed between the frame and the dampers, and the second adjusting portions are installed between the frame and the arm portions.
1. An adjuster for adjusting a ground clearance of a vehicle that includes a pair of strut suspension assemblies each including a damper, an arm portion, and a knuckle portion, the vehicle including a frame including a pair of first adjusting portions to support the dampers, each of the pair of first adjusting portions including a first upper hole and a first lower hole located at a height lower than the first upper hole to support the damper, the adjuster comprising:
a pair of second adjusting portions each including a second upper hole and a second lower hole, the pair of second adjusting portions arranged to be installed between the arm portions and the frame of the vehicle at a height lower than the pair of first adjusting portions to adjust a position of the frame with respect to the arm portions; wherein
each of the second lower holes is located outward of a location of a corresponding second upper hole in a vehicle width direction;
each of the second lower holes is configured to be connected to the arm portion; and
each of the second upper holes is configured to be connected to the frame.
2. The adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of second adjusting portions are integral with each other and included in a second adjusting member.
3. A vehicle comprising:
a pair of strut suspension assemblies each including a damper, an arm portion, and a knuckle portion; and
the adjuster according to claim 1 .
4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an operation controller;
a pair of tie rods working in association with the operation controller and connected to the pair of knuckle portions in the pair of suspension assemblies, respectively; and
a pair of spacers each located between the tie rod and the knuckle portion; wherein
each of the knuckle portions includes a connecting portion to connect the knuckle portion to the tie rod; and
each of the tie rods is connected to the connecting portion via the spacer.