Suspension structure of utility vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorShunsuke Yamamoto
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Abstract
A suspension structure of a utility vehicle includes: an upper arm including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to a vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame; and a lower arm located below the upper arm and including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to the vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame. In a top view of the utility vehicle, the front shaft support portion of the upper arm is located behind a mechanism side connecting portion, which is coupled to a final speed reduction mechanism, of an axle shaft for coupling the final speed reduction mechanism and a rear wheel.
Claims12
A suspension structure of a utility vehicle, the suspension structure comprising:
- an upper arm including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to a vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame;
- and
- a lower arm located below the upper arm and including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to the vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame,
- wherein:
- in a top view of the utility vehicle, the front shaft support portion of the upper arm is located behind a mechanism side connecting portion, which is coupled to a final speed reduction mechanism, of an axle shaft for coupling the final speed reduction mechanism and a rear wheel;
- and
- in a rear view of the utility vehicle, a part of the mechanism side connecting portion overlaps the front shaft support portion of the upper arm and the rear shaft support portion of the upper arm.
A suspension structure of a utility vehicle, the suspension structure comprising:
- an upper arm including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to a vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame;
- and
- a lower arm located below the upper arm and including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to the vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame,
- wherein:
- in a top view of the utility vehicle, the rear shaft support portion of the upper arm is located in front of a mechanism side connecting portion, which is coupled to a final speed reduction mechanism, of an axle shaft for coupling the final speed reduction mechanism and a front wheel;
- and
- in a front view of the utility vehicle, a part of the mechanism side connecting portion overlaps the front shaft support portion of the upper arm and the rear shaft support portion of the upper arm.
A suspension structure of a utility vehicle, the suspension structure comprising:
- an upper arm including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to a vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame;
- and
- a lower arm located below the upper arm and including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to the vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame,
- wherein:
- in a top view of the utility vehicle, the front shaft support portion of the upper arm and the front shaft support portion of the lower arm overlap each other, the rear shaft support portion of the upper arm and the rear shaft support portion of the lower arm are arranged so as to be displaced from each other, and an axle shaft for coupling a final speed reduction mechanism of the utility vehicle and a vehicle wheel overlaps an arm portion connected to the rear shaft support portion of the lower arm, or the rear shaft support portion of the upper arm and the rear shaft support portion of the lower arm overlap each other, the front shaft support portion of the upper arm and the front shaft support portion of the lower arm are arranged so as to be displaced from each other, and the axle shaft for coupling the final speed reduction mechanism and the vehicle wheel overlaps an arm portion connected to the front shaft support portion of the lower arm;
- a mechanism side connecting portion of the axle shaft is coupled to the final speed reduction mechanism;
- and
- in a rear view of the utility vehicle or in a front view of the utility vehicle, a part of the mechanism side connecting portion overlaps the front shaft support portion of the upper arm and the rear shaft support portion of the upper arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.