| CPC F16F 9/443 (2013.01) | 6 Claims |
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1. A vehicle suspension comprising one end, another end, a spring, and a preload adjusting mechanism, the other end being configured to make a stroke relative to the one end, the spring being compressed between the one end and the other end, the preload adjusting mechanism being capable of adjusting a preload of the spring, the preload adjusting mechanism including cam receiving parts and an adjuster part, the cam receiving parts being provided on an outer periphery of the one end, the adjuster part being rotatably fitted to the outer periphery of the one end, the adjuster part including a spring receiving part and a cam part, the spring receiving part having a ring-like shape and being configured to receive one end of the spring, the cam part being provided with a plurality of cam surfaces extending from the spring receiving part toward the cam receiving parts, the preload being adjusted by selective engagement of the cam surfaces with the cam receiving parts by rotation of the adjuster part, the cam surfaces having different heights, wherein
the adjuster part includes a plurality of vertical wall parts and an engaging part with which a tool for rotating the adjuster part is engaged, the plurality of vertical wall parts extending in an axial direction of the spring from the spring receiving part,
the engaging part includes first engaging parts and second engaging parts, each of the first engaging parts being formed by a gap between a pair of the vertical wall parts adjacent to each other among the plurality of vertical wall parts disposed separately from each other in a circumferential direction of the adjuster part, the second engaging parts being formed by holes penetrating the respective plurality of vertical wall parts,
the cam part has a cylindrical shape fitted to the outer periphery of the one end, the plurality of cam surfaces are disposed at equal intervals in a circumferential direction,
the first engaging parts and the second engaging parts are disposed alternately at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the adjuster part,
the preload is gradually adjusted by engagement of the cam surfaces with the cam receiving parts,
wherein a rotation angle is a rotation angle of the adjuster part when the preload is adjusted by one stage, wherein an angle is an angle by which the engaging parts adjacent to each other are separated from each other in the circumferential direction, and wherein the rotation angle and the angle are equal,
adjustment of stages of the preload is performed by the engagement of a pair of the cam surfaces with the cam receiving parts, the pair of the cam surfaces being of equal height to one another and facing each other in a radial direction of the adjuster part, and
a total number of the first engaging parts and the second engaging parts is double that of a total number of the stages of preload adjustment.
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