Axle beam including a protecting member
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroaki Tanaka, Yutaka Inuzuka, Hideki Takeo
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Abstract
An axle beam for the rear wheel suspension of a front-engine front-wheel drive vehicle is disclosed. An axle beam body extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle with both ends thereof attached to wheel hubs, and trailing arms and springs connect the axle beam body to the vehicle body in the vicinity of the wheel hubs. An axle body protecting member having an inclined outer peripheral surface which inclines below the front side wall and extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle is attached to the front side wall of the axle beam body. The protecting member may be attached to the axle beam body through spacers, an elastic member or a universal joint.
Claims13
An axle beam assembly of a rear suspension of a vehicle, said assembly comprising:
- an axle beam body having an opening portion in cross-section;
- an axle beam protecting member and means for attaching said axle beam protecting member to a front side portion of said axle beam so as to be movable relatively therewith, said axle beam body protecting member having a first side connected to said axle beam body, a second side freely extending frontwardly, and having a portion whose outer peripheral surface inclined downwardly in a direction from a front side to rear side of said vehicle.
An axle beam assembly of a rear suspension of a vehicle, said assembly comprising:
- an axle beam body having an opening portion in cross-section;
- an axle beam protecting member and means for attaching said axle beam protecting member to a front side portion of said axle beam so as to be movable relatively therewith, said axle beam body protecting member having a first side connected to said axle beam body and a second side which includes a first projecting section extending frontwardly and a second outer peripheral section connected to said first section and freely extending rearwardly and having a portion whose outer peripheral surface inclines downwardly in a direction from a front side to a rear side of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.