Rear suspension structure of automotive vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsFumitaka ANDOU, Norio ASANO, Koji TAKAHASHI
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Abstract
In a rear suspension device of an automotive vehicle, a shock absorber is provided perpendicularly to a H-shaped lower arm in a side view, respective axis of resilient bushes of pivotal portions which pivotally support upper and lower arms at a vehicle-body side are configured to be parallel to a standard line which extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a plan view, and an imaginary axial line which interconnects respective centers of front and rear connection portions, via which the lower arm is connected to a wheel side, is configured to extend obliquely forward and inward relatively to the vehicle longitudinal direction.
Claims4
A rear suspension structure of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- an upper arm provided to be connected to a vehicle-body side and a wheel side;
- a H-shaped lower arm provided to be connected to the vehicle-body side and the wheel side;
- an auxiliary link;
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- a shock absorber provided to be connected to the lower arm and a vehicle body,
- wherein said shock absorber is provided perpendicularly to said lower arm in a side view, each connection portion of said upper and lower arms to the vehicle body is made of a pivotal portion which is configured to pivotally support each arm at the vehicle-body side via a resilient bush, the resilient bush having a bush axis which is configured to be parallel to a standard line extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a plan view, said lower arm is configured to be connected to the wheel side via front and rear connection portions, one of said front and rear connection portions is connected to the wheel side via said auxiliary link and the other connection portion is connected to the wheel side directly, not via the auxiliary link, and an imaginary axial line which interconnects respective centers of said front and rear connection portions is configured to extend obliquely forward and inward relatively to the vehicle longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.