US 11,866,095 B2
Multi-position wheel assembly mounts
Michael John Harmon, Westland, MI (US); Hussain Z. Tajmahal, Detroit, MI (US); Marielle Conrad, Detroit, MI (US); Benjamin Jordan Curtis, Ferndale, MI (US); David Earl Ooms, Canton, MI (US); and Yejin Han, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/243,371.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348259 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/12 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60K 6/26 (2007.10)
CPC B62D 21/12 (2013.01) [B62D 65/024 (2013.01); B60G 2300/50 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/86 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle frame comprising:
apertures adjacent to each of a plurality of wheel assembly locations on the vehicle frame; and
a wheel assembly mount at each of the wheel assembly locations, the wheel assembly mount having protrusions extending toward the vehicle frame and positionable in the apertures in a first position to provide a first ride height of the vehicle frame and a second position to provide a second ride height of the vehicle frame, the first ride height less than the second ride height, the protrusions lying along a first axis in the first position, the protrusions lying along a second axis in the second position, the second axis angularly displaced from the first axis.