# US 11,027,586 B2 · Vehicle suspension member

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- Number: US 11,027,586 B2
- Document ID: US11027586B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/452,581
- Filed: 2019-06-26
- Published: 2020-01-02
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-27
- Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Applicants: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Inventors: Hiroaki Hosoi; Hajime Nakamura
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027586B2

## CPC

- B60G 7/001: {Suspension arms, e.g. constructional features (B60G7/006 takes precedence)}
- B60G 7/005: {Ball joints (B60G7/006 takes precedence; for steering linkage B62D7/16; ball joints per se F16C11/06)}
- B60G 2200/144: with two lateral arms forming a parallelogram
- B60G 2204/148: on the unsprung part of the vehicle, e.g. wheel knuckle or rigid axle
- B60G 2204/416: Ball or spherical joints
- B60G 2206/014: with reinforcing nerves or branches
- B60G 2206/016: allowing controlled deformation during collision
- B60G 2206/017: forming an eye for the bushing
- B60G 2206/122: the arm having L-shape
- B60G 2206/7102: Aluminium alloys
- B60G 2206/81022: by forging
- B60G 2206/8106: by thermal treatment, e.g. curing hardening, vulcanisation
- B60G 2206/8111: by machining
- B60G: VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V; {cycle suspensions B62K25/00})

## Abstract

Provided is a vehicle suspension member securing a strength against external force in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A lower arm includes an arm body, a front bush support part, a rear bush support part, a ball joint support part, a first rib, a second rib, and a third rib. The third rib is disposed in a lateral part connecting the ball joint support part to the rear bush support part. An S-shaped rib center curve of the third rib intersects with a straight line at an intersection. |(1−S2/S1)|≤0.2 is satisfied, where S1 is area of a first region defined by the rib center curve and the first straight line, and S2 is area of a second region.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle suspension member made of metal, comprising:
a body part;
a first bush support part disposed in the body part;
a second bush support part disposed behind the first bush support part in the body part; and
a ball joint support part disposed outside in a vehicle width direction of the first bush support part in the body part,
where the body part includes
a first lateral part to connect the first bush support part to the second bush support part,
a second lateral part to connect the first bush support part to the ball joint support part,
a third lateral part to connect the ball joint support part to the second bush support part, and
a vertical pair of ribs extending from the ball joint support, part to the second bush support part in the third lateral part,
wherein a straight line, connecting the ball joint support part to the second bush support part, intersects at a predetermined intersection with a curved line formed by connecting to one another vertically middle points between upper end edges and lower end edges of the vertical pair of ribs from the ball joint support part to the second bush support part, and
|(1−S2/S1)|≤0.2 is satisfied, where S1 is area of a first region defined by the straight line and the curved line between the intersection and the ball joint support part, and S2 is area of a second region defined by the straight line and the curved line between the intersection and the second bush support part.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle suspension member according to claim 1, wherein the body part is made of aluminum alloy.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle suspension member according to claim 2, wherein the body part has an average 0.2%-proof stress of 350 MPa or more and is formed by hot forging.