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. A vehicle frame for supporting a pair of strut suspension assemblies each including a damper, an arm portion, and a knuckle portion, the vehicle frame comprising:
a pair of first adjusting portions each including a first upper hole and a first lower hole and arranged to support the damper; and
a pair of second adjusting portions each including a second upper hole and a second lower hole and arranged to support the arm portion at a height lower than the pair of first adjusting portions; wherein
the first upper hole and the first lower hole always have a fixed relationship with respect to the second upper hole and the second lower hole.
2. The vehicle frame according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first lower holes is located outward of a location of a corresponding first upper hole in a vehicle width direction, and each of the second lower holes is located outward of a location of a corresponding second upper hole in the vehicle width direction.
3. A vehicle comprising:
a pair of strut suspension assemblies each including a damper, an arm portion, and a knuckle portion; and
the frame 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.
5. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein each damper is pivotably supported by the vehicle frame at the first upper holes, and each arm portion is pivotably supported by the vehicle frame at the second upper holes.
6. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein each damper is pivotably supported by the vehicle frame at the first lower holes, and each arm portion is pivotably supported by the vehicle frame at the second lower holes.