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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Brandon CY Carlson, Ankeny, IA (US);
Garry Eugene Baxter, Ankeny, IA (US);
Daniel Craig Jordan, Ames, IA (US);
Nathan D. Clarke, Pierre, SD (US);
Scott Matthew Buse, Indianola, IA (US);
Brandon Cy Carlson, Ankeny, IA (US);
Garry Eugene Baxter, Ankeny, IA (US);
Daniel Craig Jordan, Ames, IA (US);
Nathan D. Clarke, Pierre, SD (US);
Scott Matthew Buse, Indianola, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
The working clearance height of a high-clearance vehicle is normally established by four main suspension spindles that are respectively received for reciprocating within upright journals provided at the opposite ends of front and rear axle assemblies of the vehicle main frame, with the bottom end each of the main spindles being received in a bore at the top of an associated wheel motor housing that serves also as a wheel hub mounting bracket. In order to increase the working clearance height of the vehicle, an optional elongate spacer assembly is mounted between the bottom of each elongate main suspension spindle and the associated wheel motor housing. Each main suspension spindle is inclined slightly outwardly relative to a vertical plane extending in the direction of travel of the vehicle and, in order for the spacing between tires at opposite sides of the vehicle to remain the same, with or without the usage of the spacer assemblies, each spacer assembly includes a coupler spindle extending parallel to, and offset inwardly from, a pivot axis of the associated main suspension spindle by a distance calculated to result in the desired tire spacing, this coupler spindle being received in the bore at the top of the associated wheel motor housing.