Automobile suspension device
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Okuyama, Masaya Hiramatsu
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Abstract
A five-link automobile suspension device is configured to support a lower end of a damper with a lower arm, and is capable of reducing sliding friction while ensuring a road clearance. Embodiments include a lower arm connecting a wheel support and a vehicle body, and a damper that has a lower end connected to the lower arm and is disposed to incline upward toward a vehicle-width-direction inner side in a rear view. A wall surface of the lower arm has a damper mounting portion, which supports a pivot of the damper, at a position lower than a straight line connecting a pivot on a wheel side and a pivot on a vehicle-body side of the lower arm. A bottom surface of the lower arm has a bulge formed at a position under the damper mounting portion.
Claims2
An automobile suspension device comprising:
- a wheel support that supports a wheel and has an opening formed at a center portion to allow an axle to pass therethrough;
- a trailing arm and a lower arm connecting a lower portion of the wheel support and a vehicle body;
- an upper arm and a leading arm connecting an upper portion of the wheel support and the vehicle body;
- a control arm connecting a rear portion of the wheel support and the vehicle body;
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- a damper that has an upper end connected to the vehicle body and a lower end connected to the lower arm, and is disposed to incline upward toward a vehicle-width-direction inner side in a rear view, wherein
- the lower arm has a vehicle-body-side end connected to the vehicle body through a pivot, and a wheel-side end connected to the wheel support through a pivot,
- the damper is connected to the lower arm through a pivot,
- the lower arm has an upwardly open U-shaped cross-section formed by front and rear wall surfaces and a bottom surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the lower arm,
- each of the front and rear wall surfaces of the lower arm has a damper mounting portion, which axially supports the pivot of the damper, at a position lower than a straight line connecting the pivot on the wheel side of the lower arm and the pivot on the vehicle-body side of the lower arm, and
- the bottom surface of the lower arm has a bulge bulging downward, at a position under the damper mounting portion, to accommodate the pivot of the damper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.