Automobile suspension
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Subaru Corporation
InventorsShigenori Hashida, Yukihiko Nakagawa, Osamu Shimasaki
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Abstract
An automobile suspension includes a side rail extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body, a lower arm, and a bracket linking the lower arm to the side rail. A front end of the side rail and a rear end of the side rail are linked to a frame of the vehicle body, and the side rail curves such that a middle of the side rail is lower than at least one of the front end and the rear end. The bracket includes a pair of side plates that supports a shaft of the lower arm and is joined to a side face of the side rail, and an upper plate that links the side plates and is joined to an upper face of the side rail.
Claims3
An automobile suspension comprising:
- a side rail extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body, a front end of the side rail and a rear end of the side rail being linked to a frame of the vehicle body, the side rail curving such that a middle of the side rail is lower than at least one of the front end and the rear end;
- a lower arm;
- and
- a bracket linking the lower arm to the side rail, wherein
- the bracket includes
- a pair of side plates that supports a shaft of the lower arm and is joined to a side face of the side rail, and
- an upper plate that links the side plates and is joined to an upper face of the side rail;
- a ridge line at a boundary between one of the side plates and the upper plate is curved such that the ridge line becomes lower nearer to the side rail;
- and
- the upper plate is provided with a reinforcing bead that becomes narrower nearer to the side rail as viewed from above.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.