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US 7,401,797 B2Granted
Variable toe rear suspension
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorYoung-Gun Cho
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Abstract
A support block at a trailing arm and a stabilizer link that varies in contact state to the support block form a large toe-in during out-of phase movement of both wheels and form a small toe-in during in-phase movement of the wheels, thereby embodying an appropriate toe-in displacement according to the vehicle turn and forward motion, thus improving the vehicle driving characteristics.
Claims3
A variable toe suspension, comprising:
- a support block that protrudes out from a trailing arm toward an inside of a vehicle body;
- a stabilizer link coupled to an inner portion of said trailing arm via a first joint;
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- a stabilizer bar connected to said stabilizer link via a second joint, wherein said stabilizer link has a supportive contact portion, which contacts an inner portion of said support block when at least substantially no torsion moment is applied to said stabilizer bar, wherein an area where said supportive contact portion and said support block can contact each other in said support block expands in a direction away from said first joint;
- wherein said support block has a trapezoid shape that is expanded in width as said support block moves away from said first joint.
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A variable toe suspension, comprising:
- a support block that protrudes out from a trailing arm toward an inside of a vehicle body;
- a stabilizer link coupled to an inner portion of said trailing arm via a first joint;
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- a stabilizer bar connected to said stabilizer link via a second joint, wherein said stabilizer link has a supportive contact portion, which contacts an inner portion of said support block when at least substantially no torsion moment is applied to said stabilizer bar;
- wherein said support block is expanded in width as said support block moves away from said first joint and has a cross-section including a chord and arc, said chord contacting said trailing arm, and said arc connecting both ends of said chord.
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