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Assignee: Shim-A-Line, Inc.


Location: Minneapolis, MN
No. of patents: 17

NumberTitleIssue Date
5163699Cam washer for adjusting wheel alignment
A device for adjusting at least one alignment characteristic of an automotive vehicle wheel that is adjustable through an adjusting bolt and nut, the device including a cam member having an eccentrically disposed aperture that receives the bolt. The cam m...
11/17/1992
5129669Device for adjustment of automobile wheel alignment
A device for adjusting at least one alignment characteristic in a suspension system of an automotive vehicle that includes a wheel support member and a wheel attached to the wheel support member by at least one removable bolt, whose removal permits the al...
07/14/1992
5098117Apparatus for adjusting camber and toe
A shim device adjusts camber and/or toe of a wheel assembly that is attached to an axle assembly by a plurality of spaced apart bolts. The shim device includes a relatively flat tapered plate that has a indicia selectively positioned thereon to indicate t...
03/24/1992
5044659Device for adjustment of automobile wheel alignment
A device for adjusting at least one alignment characteristic in a suspension system of an automotive vehicle that includes a wheel support member and a wheel attached to the wheel support member by at least one removable bolt, whose removal permits the al...
09/03/1991
5033179Tool and method for adjusting camber and caster
A tool for use in adjusting the camber and/or caster of a vehicle wheel attached to a suspension system of a vehicle having a strut member which is secured at an upper end of the vehicle at a first position includes a mechanism for selecting a second posi...
07/23/1991
4971484Tool and method for adjusting camber and caster
A tool for use in adjusting the camber and/or caster of a vehicle wheel attached to a suspension system of a vehicle having a strut member which is secured at an upper end of the vehicle at a first position includes a mechanism for selecting a second posi...
11/20/1990
4970801Tool for adjusting camber and caster
A tool for adjusting the alignment in a wheeled vehicle steering structure using a bushing includes a plate having indicia disposed around an aperture that runs through the plate wherein the indicia indicate an angular position for rotatably adjusting the...
11/20/1990
4955926Device for adjusting alignment of a wheel
A device is used to adjust caster of a wheel in a suspension system that includes a rod member that affects the caster of the wheel. A portion of the rod member is disposed within a bushing that is attached to the vehicle. The device includes a curved lon...
09/11/1990
4953278Method for adjusting alignment of a wheel
A device is used to adjust caster of a wheel in a suspension system that includes a rod member that affects the caster of the wheel. A portion of the rod member is disposed within a bushing that is attached to the vehicle. The device includes a curved lon...
09/04/1990
4940373Nut and bolt locking emchanism
A system of locking a pinch bolt assembly through a yoke arm of a vehicle steering assembly. The yoke arm of a steering assembly has an outward end, a forward face and a rearward face. A bolt receiving aperture through the yoke arm connects the forward fa...
07/10/1990
4838573Device for adjusting toe of a vehicle wheel
A device is used to adjust alignment of a vehicle wheel connected to a vehicle by a suspension system having an arm member affecting wheel alignment. The arm member has a first bore transversely disposed therethrough with respect to the axis of the member...
06/13/1989
4831744Bushing indexing tool and method for caster and camber adjustment
The present invention includes a bushing indexing tool having an aperture in its upper surface which may be reproducibly located around a rotatable caster and camber adjustment offset bushing. A scale disposed around the aperture indicates the angular pos...
05/23/1989
4718691Device for adjusting toe of a vehicle wheel
A device is used to adjust toe angle of a vehicle wheel connected to a car by a suspension system having at least one control arm transversely disposed to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The control arm is attached to the wheel at one end and pivota...
01/12/1988
4684150Apparatus for adjusting camber and toe
A camber and toe arrangement includes an improved shim device that adjusts both the camber and toe of a motor vehicle wheel. The shim device includes a tapered plate having a plurality of spaced apart bolt-engaging notches around the periphery. The bolt-e...
08/04/1987
4641853Method and structure for caster and camber adjustment
The present invention includes a bushing having an eccentric inner bore, used for adjusting camber and caster in conventional vehicle steering structures. The bushing assembly is preset to provide a desired camber and caster adjustment when mounted on the...
02/10/1987
4618162Device and method for adjusting camber in a strut-type vehicle suspension
Camber is adjusted in a strut-type suspension by replacing one of the two factory-installed bolts that holds the wheel onto the strut with a replacement bolt having a shaft portion that is narrower in diameter than the hole which retains the original bolt...
10/21/1986
4195862Camber adjusting shim arrangement
An improved shim arrangement for adjusting the camber of a wheel in a steerable driving axle assembly, such as a front axle assembly of a four wheel drive vehicle. The shim arrangement involves a large number of tapered shims of resilient non-metallic mat...
04/01/1980
 
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