Suspension device for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuya Kuribayashi
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Abstract
A suspension device for a vehicle, including a spring-absorber unit constituted by a shock absorber and a suspension spring that are formed as one unit, the shock absorber including a cylindrical housing, a piston disposed in the housing, and a piston rod that is connected at a basal portion thereof to the piston and that extends from the housing, the suspension spring being a coil spring through which the shock absorber passes, wherein one end portion of the suspension spring is capable of being supported by the housing of the shock absorber, and the other end portion of the suspension spring is capable of being supported by a distal portion the piston rod of the shock absorber while the suspension spring is receiving a tensile load.
Claims7
A suspension device for a vehicle, comprising a spring-absorber unit constituted by a shock absorber and a suspension spring that are formed as one unit, the shock absorber including a cylindrical housing, a piston disposed in the housing, and a piston rod that is connected at a basal portion thereof to the piston and that extends from the housing, the suspension spring being a coil spring through which the shock absorber passes,
- wherein one end portion of the suspension spring is capable of being supported by the housing of the shock absorber, and the other end portion of the suspension spring is capable of being supported by a distal portion of the piston rod of the shock absorber while the suspension spring is receiving a tensile load, and
- wherein the suspension spring extends in a bound state and contracts in a rebound state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.