Independent rear wheel suspension system

A rear wheel suspension system, comprising:

• a pair of hub carriers, each for rotatably supporting a wheel;
• a plurality of lateral links for coupling said hub carriers to a vehicle body;
• and
• a pair of shock absorbers each consisting of a spring and a linear hydraulic damper for controlling impacts which are applied to one of said wheels, wherein:
• each of said shock absorbers is provided with a central axial line which extends laterally of said vehicle body, and is coupled to said vehicle body at one end and to said hub carrier at another end;
• and
• said suspension system further comprises a pair of trailing arms each extending longitudinally of said vehicle body for coupling one of said hub carriers to said vehicle body;
• a rear end of each of said trailing arms being pivotally attached to said hub carrier with a pivot center line passing substantially through a center of the contact area between said wheel and a road surface.

A rear wheel suspension system, comprising:

• a pair of hub carriers each for rotatably supporting a wheel;
• a plurality of lateral links for coupling said hub carriers to a vehicle body;
• and
• a pair of shock absorbers each consisting of a spring and a linear hydraulic damper for controlling impacts which are applied to one of said wheels, wherein:
• each of said shock absorbers is provided with a central axial line which extends laterally of said vehicle body, and is coupled to said vehicle body at one end and to said hub carrier at another end;
• and
• said one ends of said shock absorbers oppose each other and are pivotally connected to each other by way of a coupling means which relatively elastically attaches said opposing ends to said vehicle body and relatively rigidly supports mutually abutting axial forces from said shock absorbers.