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US 12,722,445 B1Granted
Multi-stiffness suspension apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsEun Sik Kim, Jae Hun Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a multi-stiffness suspension apparatus including a first stabilizer bar connected to a wheel on a side of a vehicle, a second stabilizer bar connected to a wheel on the other side of the vehicle, the second stabilizer bar having an end disposed to face an end of the first stabilizer bar, and a plate spring provided between the facing ends of the first stabilizer bar and the second stabilizer bar.
Claims20
A multi-stiffness suspension apparatus, comprising:
- a first stabilizer bar connected to a first wheel on a first side of a vehicle;
- a second stabilizer bar connected to a second wheel on a second side of the vehicle,
- wherein:
- the second stabilizer bar has a second stabilizer bar end disposed to face a first stabilizer bar end of the first stabilizer bar, and
- a clearance is formed between the first stabilizer bar end and the second stabilizer bar end in a rotation direction of the first stabilizer bar and the second stabilizer bar;
- and
- a plate spring is provided between the first stabilizer bar end and the second stabilizer bar end,
- wherein:
- a side of the plate spring is caught by a first point of the first stabilizer bar end,
- the first point is spaced apart from the clearance,
- another side of the plate spring is caught by a second point of the second stabilizer bar end, and
- the second point is spaced apart from the clearance.
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A multi-stiffness suspension apparatus, comprising:
- a first stabilizer bar connected to a first wheel on a first side of a vehicle;
- and
- a second stabilizer bar connected to a second wheel on a second side of the vehicle,
- wherein:
- the second stabilizer bar has a second stabilizer bar end disposed to face a first stabilizer bar end of the first stabilizer bar,
- a clearance is formed between the first stabilizer bar and the second stabilizer bar in a rotation direction of the first stabilizer bar and the second stabilizer bar,
- a plate spring is provided between the first stabilizer bar end and the second stabilizer bar end,
- a side of the plate spring is caught by the first stabilizer bar,
- another side of the plate spring is caught by the second stabilizer bar,
- the first stabilizer bar has a first locking part provided at the first stabilizer bar end and formed to partially extend from the first stabilizer bar end,
- the second stabilizer bar has a second locking part provided at the second stabilizer bar end and formed to partially extend from the second stabilizer bar end,
- the first locking part and the second locking part are disposed to face and overlap each other in a width direction, and
- a sum of a first locking part outer circumference of the first locking part and a second locking part outer circumference of the second locking part is formed to be smaller than an outer circumference of the first stabilizer bar or the second stabilizer bar.
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A multi-stiffness suspension apparatus, comprising:
- a first stabilizer bar connected to a first wheel on a first side of a vehicle;
- and
- a second stabilizer bar connected to a second wheel on a second side of the vehicle,
- wherein:
- the second stabilizer bar has a second stabilizer bar end disposed to face a first stabilizer bar end of the first stabilizer bar,
- a clearance is formed between the first stabilizer bar and the second stabilizer bar in a rotation direction of the first stabilizer bar and the second stabilizer bar,
- a plate spring is provided between the first stabilizer bar end and the second stabilizer bar end,
- a side of the plate spring is caught by the first stabilizer bar,
- another side of the plate spring is caught by the second stabilizer bar, and
- a support part is disposed to surround both the first stabilizer bar end of the first stabilizer bar and the second stabilizer bar end of the second stabilizer bar.
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