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US 11,241,926 B2Granted
Suspension apparatus and vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHidehiro Takenaka
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Abstract
A suspension apparatus supports a wheel of a vehicle which includes an in-wheel motor held by a carrier. A motor rotation axis of an output shaft of the in-wheel motor is located at a position identical in an up and down direction to or above a wheel rotation axis of the wheel. The suspension apparatus includes suspension arms coupled to the carrier holding the in-wheel motor. The suspension arms include first suspension arms each extending substantially in a widthwise direction of the vehicle. Each of the first suspension arms is coupled to a corresponding one of portions of the carrier which are located below the motor rotation axis. A first upper arm of the first suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on an inner side of the in-wheel motor in the vehicle.
Claims7
A suspension apparatus configured to support a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel comprising an in-wheel motor held by a carrier,
- wherein a motor rotation axis that is a rotation axis of an output shaft of the in-wheel motor is located at a position identical in an up and down direction to or above a wheel rotation axis that is a rotation axis of the wheel in a state in which the in-wheel motor is held by the carrier,
- wherein the suspension apparatus comprises a plurality of suspension arms coupled to the carrier holding the in-wheel motor,
- wherein the plurality of suspension arms comprise a plurality of first suspension arms each extending substantially in a widthwise direction of the vehicle,
- wherein each of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a corresponding one of portions of the carrier which are located below the motor rotation axis, and
- wherein a first upper arm of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on an inner side of the in-wheel motor in the vehicle,
- wherein the motor rotation axis is located on a front side of the wheel rotation axis in the vehicle,
- wherein the wheel comprises a brake comprising a caliper and configured to reduce rotation of the wheel,
- wherein a predetermined point in the caliper is located on a rear side of the wheel rotation axis in the vehicle and at a position identical in the up and down direction to or above the wheel rotation axis, and
- wherein a second upper arm of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on a rear side of the in-wheel motor in the vehicle and located below a lower end portion of the caliper.
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A suspension apparatus configured to support a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel comprising an in-wheel motor held by a carrier,
- wherein a motor rotation axis that is a rotation axis of an output shaft of the in-wheel motor is located at a position identical in an up and down direction to or above a wheel rotation axis that is a rotation axis of the wheel in a state in which the in-wheel motor is held by the carrier,
- wherein the suspension apparatus comprises a plurality of suspension arms coupled to the carrier holding the in-wheel motor,
- wherein the plurality of suspension arms comprise a plurality of first suspension arms each extending substantially in a widthwise direction of the vehicle,
- wherein each of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a corresponding one of portions of the carrier which are located below the motor rotation axis,
- wherein a first upper arm of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on an inner side of the in-wheel motor in the vehicle,
- wherein a lower arm of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on a rear side of the motor rotation axis in the vehicle, and
- wherein the suspension apparatus comprises a transversal leaf spring held by the lower arm.
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A suspension apparatus configured to support a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel comprising:
- an in-wheel motor held by a carrier;
- and a caliper of a brake,
- wherein, in a state in which the in-wheel motor is held by the carrier, a motor rotation axis that is a rotation axis of an output shaft of the in-wheel motor is located on a front side of a wheel rotation axis that is a rotation axis of the wheel in the vehicle, and the motor rotation axis is located at a position identical in an up and down direction to or above the wheel rotation axis,
- wherein a predetermined point in the caliper is located on a rear side of the wheel rotation axis in the vehicle and at a position identical in the up and down direction to or above the wheel rotation axis,
- wherein the suspension apparatus comprises a plurality of suspension arms each coupled to a corresponding one of portions of the carrier which are located below the motor rotation axis,
- wherein a lower arm of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on a rear side of the motor rotation axis in the vehicle,
- wherein a first upper arm of the plurality of suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on an inner side of a motor casing configured to cover the in-wheel motor in the vehicle and which is located above the portion of the carrier to which the lower arm is coupled,
- wherein a second upper arm of the plurality of suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located below a lower end portion of the caliper and which is located on an outer side of a coupling portion of the first upper arm in the vehicle, and
- wherein a member of the plurality of suspension arms which extends in a front and rear direction of the vehicle is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on a front side of the wheel rotation axis in the vehicle.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel comprising an in-wheel motor held by a carrier;
- and
- a suspension apparatus configured to support the wheel,
- wherein a motor rotation axis that is a rotation axis of an output shaft of the in-wheel motor is located at a position identical in an up and down direction to or above a wheel rotation axis that is a rotation axis of the wheel in a state in which the in-wheel motor is held by the carrier,
- wherein the suspension apparatus comprises a plurality of suspension arms coupled to the carrier holding the in-wheel motor,
- wherein the plurality of suspension arms comprise a plurality of first suspension arms each extending substantially in a widthwise direction of the vehicle,
- wherein each of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a corresponding one of portions of the carrier which are located below the motor rotation axis,
- wherein a first upper arm of the plurality of first suspension arms is coupled to a portion of the carrier which is located on an inner side of the in-wheel motor in the vehicle,
- wherein the wheel comprises a speed reducer configured to reduce rotation of the output shaft of the in-wheel motor and output the reduced rotation to the wheel, and
- wherein the carrier is configured to hold the in-wheel motor by holding the speed reducer without engagement with a motor casing configured to cover the in-wheel motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.