Protection structure for vehicle suspension device
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuki Ishibashi, Yusuke Nakashima
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Abstract
A protection device of a vehicle suspension device includes a vehicle body frame, a wheel, a knuckle that rotatably supports the wheel, a suspension arm that connects the vehicle body frame and the knuckle and is configured to be swingable up and down along with up-and-down movement of the wheel with an end portion attached to the vehicle body frame being a pivot point, a shock absorber that has an upper end attached to the vehicle body frame and a lower end attached to the suspension arm, and is configured to buffer swinging movement in an up-and-down direction of the suspension arm, and an absorber cover attached to the suspension arm and covering a periphery of the shock absorber.
Claims12
A protection structure for a vehicle suspension device, the protection structure comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- a wheel;
- a knuckle that rotatably supports the wheel;
- a suspension arm connecting the vehicle body frame and the knuckle, the suspension arm being configured to be swingable up and down along with up-and-down movement of the wheel with an end portion attached to the vehicle body frame being a pivot point;
- a shock absorber that has an upper end attached to the vehicle body frame and a lower end attached to the suspension arm, and is configured to buffer swinging movement in an up-and-down direction of the suspension arm;
- and
- an absorber cover attached to the suspension arm and covering a periphery of the shock absorber,
- wherein the absorber cover includes:
- a cover main body portion;
- and
- a cover fixing portion attached onto an upper surface of the suspension arm, the cover fixing portion being provided on a front lower portion of the cover main body portion.
A protection structure for a vehicle suspension device, the protection structure comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- a wheel;
- a knuckle that rotatably supports the wheel;
- a suspension arm connecting the vehicle body frame and the knuckle, the suspension arm being configured to be swingable up and down along with up-and-down movement of the wheel with an end portion attached to the vehicle body frame being a pivot point;
- a shock absorber that has an upper end attached to the vehicle body frame and a lower end attached to the suspension arm, and is configured to buffer swinging movement in an up-and-down direction of the suspension arm;
- and
- an absorber cover attached to the suspension arm and covering a periphery of the shock absorber,
- wherein:
- the wheel includes a wheel part and a tire on an outer peripheral side of the wheel part;
- the wheel part has a rim portion;
- the suspension arm has a tip positioned radially inside the wheel part;
- the tip of the suspension arm is provided with a wheel inner cover that faces an inner peripheral surface of the wheel part and forms a closed space with the tip of the suspension arm;
- and
- the wheel inner cover is located between the tip of the suspension arm and the rim portion of the wheel part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.