Vehicle suspension system
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Mori
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Abstract
A double wishbone type suspension system characterized in a front lateral link provided under a trailing link and a shock absorber provided at the front lateral link so as to lower the position of the shock absorber, further characterized in arranging the connecting point of the front lateral link with an axle housing located longitudinally nearby a wheel axle and the connecting point of a rear lateral link with the axle housing located longitudinally far from the wheel axle, whereby a protrusion of the shock absorber into the passenger compartment or the engine room being prevented and additionally an improvement of the vehicle maneuvarability and stability being obtained.
Claims21
A suspension system for a wheel supporting a vehicle, having a vehicle body operatively connected to said suspension system, an axle housing rotatably connected to said wheel, an upper arm pivotably connected to said axle housing upwardly, a front lateral link pivotably connected to said axle housing downwardly and forwardly, a rear lateral link pivotably connected to said axle housing downwardly and backwardly, a trailing link pivotably connected to said axle housing forwardly, and a shock absorber, comprising:
- an upper housing arm extended from said axle housing upwardly;
- a lower housing arm extended from said axle housing downwardly;
- a rear housing arm extended from said axle housing backwardly;
- an inner joint provided on said vehicle body for pivotably connecting said upper arm with said vehicle body;
- an outer joint provided at an end of said upper housing arm for pivotably connecting said upper arm with said upper housing arm;
- an inner front joint provided on said vehicle body for pivotably connecting said front lateral link with said vehicle body;
- an outer front joint provided at an end of said lower housing arm such that a center of said outer front joint is offset forward of said center of said wheel at a longitudinally small distance for pivotably connecting said front lateral link with said lower housing arm;
- an inner rear joint provided on said vehicle body for pivotably connecting said rear lateral link with said vehicle body;
- an outer rear joint provided at an end of said rear housing arm such that a center of said outer rear joint is offset backward of said center of said wheel at a longitudinally larger distance than said small distance in said outer front joint for pivotably connecting said rear lateral link with said rear housing arm;
- a front joint provided on said vehicle body for pivotably connecting said trailing link with said vehicle body;
- a rear joint provided at a higher portion of said lower housing arm than a center of said outer front joint such that a center of said rear joint is located more outwardly than a center of said outer joint for pivotably connecting said trailing link with said lower housing arm;
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- a link joint provided on said front lateral link for pivotably connecting said shock absorber with said front lateral link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.