Abstract: An adjustable wrench has a slotted body member and a handle threaded into a bore in a body member stem and protruding into one end of the slot. A movable jaw piece is rotatably mounted to the protruding handle end and slidable in the slot. A pair of angled fixed jaw faces is formed at the far end of the slot, while corresponding jaw faces are formed on the movable jaw piece. Relative rotation of the handle and body member causes relative advance or retraction of the movable jaw piece in the slot to adjust the spacing between the sets of jaw faces to fit the wrench to bolt heads or nuts of various sizes. The structural support afforded by the handle-movable jaw piece connection enables low cost construction and compact structure allowing greater accessibility to recessed bolt heads and nuts. A locking rod extends within the handle in some embodiments, with a locking knob at the remote handle able to be tightened to hold an adjusted position.

Abstract: Independent rear suspension for automobiles of the type including at each side of the vehicle a semi-trailing control arm swingable on an axis angularly displaced with respect to a transverse plane of the sprung mass, is further provided with a stabilizer bar connected between the control arms by having end crank arm portions of the bar each anchored at its terminal end to the control arm and further connected to the control arm at a spaced location from the anchor by a swingable bushed linkage such that the stabilizer bar experiences no stress affecting the suspension spring rate during normal pitch and ride motion of the sprung mass.

Abstract: A torsion bar mounting arrangement for a vehicular suspension system, including a lower control arm formed to include a trunk portion and a pair of leg portions, with a relatively wide trough formed in the upper surface of the trunk portion, a load reaction member having a narrow body portion inserted between the leg portions and seated in the trough, and a preloaded torsion bar secured to the head portion of the load reaction member, with some fore-and-aft movement of the trough permitted relative to the body portion of the load reaction member in response to load inputs into the system, resulting in improved ride characteristics while virtually eliminating bending of the torsion bar.