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US 12,491,741 B2Granted
Component of suspension structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuyuki Matsuoka, Ayumi Watanabe
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Abstract
Provided is a component of a suspension structure, which can achieve weight reduction while ensuring rigidity. As the component of the suspension structure for a vehicle, a lower arm includes a body made of metal. A reinforcing member that increases a rigidity of the body is securely attached along an edge of the body. The reinforcing member is made of a resin material or a rubber material.
Claims2
A component of a suspension structure for a vehicle,
- wherein the component is a lower arm that couples a vehicle wheel and a suspension member,
- wherein the lower arm includes a body made of metal,
- wherein the body includes
- a first coupling portion coupled to the vehicle wheel via a ball joint, and
- a second coupling portion and a third coupling portion attached to the suspension member via bushes at opposite ends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle,
- wherein the body includes a first edge linking the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, a second edge linking the second coupling portion and the third coupling portion, and a third edge linking the third coupling portion and the first coupling portion,
- wherein a first protrusion on one surface of the body along the first edge allows a first recessed groove to be formed along the first edge on another surface of the body,
- wherein a second protrusion on the one surface of the body along the second edge allows a second recessed groove to be formed along the second edge on the other surface of the body,
- wherein a third protrusion on the one surface of the body along the third edge allows a third recessed groove to be formed along the third edge on the other surface of the body,
- wherein the body includes a flat plate portion,
- wherein on the one surface of the body, the first protrusion to the third protrusion protrude from a surface of the flat plate portion surrounded by the first edge to the third edge, in a thickness direction of the flat plate portion, on the other surface, the first recessed groove to the third recessed groove are recessed with respect to the surface of the flat plate portion surrounded by the first edge to the third edge, in the thickness direction of the flat plate portion, and
- wherein a reinforcing member that increases a rigidity of the body is securely attached to the body to fill only the first recessed groove, the second recessed groove, and the third recessed groove, the reinforcing member being made of a resin material or a rubber material.
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