Vehicle rear-suspension mechanism
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsTakao Kijima, Jiro Maebayashi
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Abstract
A body side support member such as the semi trailing arm of a semi trailing type rear-suspension, the strut of a strut type rear-suspension or the like is connected to a wheel hub for a rear wheel by way of a resilient connecting means such as a pair of resilient bushings to permit the wheel hub to change its position with respect to the body side support member. An end of a stabilizer is connected to the wheel hub so that, when the rear wheel on the wheel hub bumps, the rear wheel is caused to toe in by the counterforce of the stabilizer produced upon bump thereof.
Claims20
A vehicle rear-suspension mechanism for use with a vehicle body having rear wheels, said mechanism comprising
- two body side support members each pivotably connected to the vehicle body,
- wheel supports for supporting the rear wheels for rotation,
- a resilient connecting means including at least one resilient bushing for connecting each wheel support to the body side support member to permit the wheel support to change its position with respect to the body side support member, and
- a stabilizer whose ends are connected to the respective wheel supports so that a counterforce applied to one of said wheel supports, when the one rear wheel of said one wheel support bumps, produces a deformation in the resilient connecting means to thereby cause the one rear wheel to toe in.
A vehicle rear-suspension mechanism for use with a vehicle body having rear wheels, said mechanism comprising
- two body side support members each pivotably connected to the vehicle body, wheel supports for supporting the rear wheels for rotation, a pair of longitudinally spaced resilient connecting means for connecting each wheel support to one of the two body side support members, and a stabilizer whose ends are connected to the respective wheel supports so that a counterforce is applied to one wheel support, when the rear wheel supported by the one wheel support bumps producing in the pair of resilient connecting means deformations which cause the rear wheel supported by the one wheel support to toe in.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.