Suspension member for vehicle

A knuckle for a vehicle, the knuckle comprising:

• a first carbon-fiber composite material including continuous fibers, an orientation of the continuous fibers being oriented in one direction;
• and
• a second carbon-fiber composite material including discontinuous fibers, an orientation of the discontinuous fibers being oriented in random directions,
• the knuckle integrally configured by the first carbon-fiber composite material and the second carbon-fiber composite material,
• the first carbon-fiber composite material being embedded in at least two different portions of the second carbon-fiber composite material such that the orientation of the continuous fibers in the at least two different portions are different from each other, wherein
• the knuckle is assembled to the vehicle such that the knuckle rotatably supports a steered wheel of the vehicle,
• the knuckle includes:
• a body part provided with a circular hole in which a hub bearing is installed, the circular hole disposed at a center portion of the body part, and
• a neck part integrally extending upward from the body part, an upper end of the neck part being coupled to another suspension member,
• and
• the first carbon-fiber composite material is provided to the neck part and the body part such that
• i)the orientation of the continuous fibers of the first carbon-fiber composite material provided to the body part is a vertical direction in a state in which the knuckle is assembled to the vehicle, and
• ii) the orientation of the continuous fibers of the first carbon-fiber composite material provided to the neck part is a direction orthogonal To the vertical direction.