Rear suspension construction
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHideki Hirai
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Abstract
A hub carrier includes a front arm part extending toward an inner side of a vehicle on a front side of an axle of a rear wheel; and a rear arm part extending on a rear side of the axle of the rear wheel. The rear arm part is joined to a lateral beam on the rear side of the axle of the rear wheel. A vehicle rear end portion of a trailing arm, extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, is joined to the lateral beam. A vehicle front end portion of the trailing arm is joined to a vehicle body using a first bush. A front arm part is joined to a front arm attachment part disposed on the trailing arm using a second bush. First and second support shafts of the first and second bushes have respectively axial directions oriented differently from each other.
Claims6
A rear suspension construction for supporting a rear wheel of a vehicle, comprising:
- a hub carrier comprising a wheel support part rotatably supporting the rear wheel;
- a front arm part extending toward an inner side of the vehicle on a front side of the vehicle relative to an axle of the rear wheel;
- and a rear arm part extending on a rear side of the vehicle relative to the axle of the rear wheel;
- a lateral beam extending in a vehicle width direction on the rear side of the vehicle relative to the axle and joined to the rear arm part;
- a trailing arm extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and comprising a vehicle rear end portion joined to at least one of the hub carrier and the lateral beam;
- a first bush joining a vehicle front end portion of the trailing arm to a vehicle body;
- a second bush joining the front arm part to a front arm attachment part disposed on the trailing arm;
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- a third bush coupling the vehicle rear end portion of the trailing arm to the at least one of the hub carrier and the lateral beam,
- wherein a first support shaft of the first bush and a second support shaft of the second bush have respectively axial directions oriented differently from each other,
- wherein the second bush has a fixing hole for fixing the second support shaft fitted in a center of the second bush, and
- wherein at least part of the fixing hole of the second bush is disposed on a phantom line connecting the first bush and the third bush.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.