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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rinku Patel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Salvador Padilla, Canton, MI (US);
Jared Shroyer, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric Schaus, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 11/10 (2006.01); B60G 11/34 (2006.01); B60G 11/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 11/10 (2013.01); B60G 11/113 (2013.01); B60G 11/34 (2013.01); B60G 2204/121 (2013.01); B60G 2400/252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suspension system includes a leaf spring, an actuator attached to the leaf spring, and an axle mount attached to the actuator. The actuator is disposed vertically between the leaf spring and the axle mount and is actuatable to change a distance between the leaf spring and the axle mount.