Knuckle apparatus for vehicle suspension system
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsDong Min Lim, Jae Kil Lee, Kyu Wan Lee, Patrick Alain Hasselt
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Abstract
A knuckle apparatus for a vehicle suspension system, may include a bearing device having an assembly end portion protruding and extending from a center thereof; and a knuckle device having a plurality of brackets connected to a suspension system component, the brackets being coupled through the assembly end portion.
Claims17
A knuckle apparatus for a vehicle suspension system, the knuckle apparatus comprising:
- a bearing device having a through-hole and an assembly end portion protruding and extending coaxially with the through-hole at an outside of the through-hole, the assembly end portion having a piped-shape;
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- a knuckle device having a plurality of brackets connected to a suspension system component and having a plurality of through-holes, each of the plurality of brackets having a corresponding through-hole of the plurality of through-holes, into which the assembly end portion is inserted,
- wherein the bearing device includes:
- a wheel hub having the through-hole of the bearing device and having the assembly end portion protruding and extending coaxially with the through-hole of the wheel hub at an outside of the through-hole of the wheel hub;
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- a wheel bearing provided in the through-hole inside the assembly end portion of the wheel hub.
A knuckle apparatus for a vehicle suspension system, the knuckle apparatus comprising:
- a bearing device having a through-hole and an assembly end portion protruding and extending coaxially with the through-hole at an outside of the through-hole, the assembly end portion having a piped-shape;
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- a knuckle device having a plurality of brackets connected to a suspension system component and having a plurality of through-holes, each of the plurality of brackets having a corresponding through-hole of the plurality of through-holes, into which the assembly end portion is inserted,
- wherein the suspension system component includes a lower arm and a shock absorber;
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- wherein the knuckle device includes a first bracket connected to the lower arm and a second bracket connected to the shock absorber.
A knuckle apparatus for a vehicle suspension system, the knuckle apparatus comprising:
- a bearing device having a through-hole and an assembly end portion protruding and extending coaxially with the through-hole at an outside of the through-hole, the assembly end portion having a piped-shape;
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- a knuckle device having a plurality of brackets connected to a suspension system component and having a plurality of through-holes, each of the plurality of brackets having a corresponding through-hole of the plurality of through-holes, into which the assembly end portion is inserted,
- wherein a bolt is fastened to the plurality of brackets of the knuckle device in a direction in which the assembly end portion extends, so that the plurality of brackets is integrally fastened to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.