Wheel supporting apparatus improving ride comfort of vehicle
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyoji Mizutani, Yuki Tojima, Shigetaka Isogai, Atsushi Torii, Junichiro Sakurai
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Abstract
A wheel supporting apparatus includes dampers, ball joints, a knuckle, an upper arm and a lower arm. The dampers are attached to a case of an in-wheel motor in the top-bottom direction of the vehicle's body and are connected respectively to the ball joints. The upper arm and the lower arm have respective one-ends connected to respective dampers via the ball joints and respective other ends pivotably fixed to the vehicle's body. The knuckle is connected to the ball joints to rotatably support a wheel hub via hub bearings.
Claims24
A wheel supporting apparatus comprising:
- an elastic member attached to a load member provided in a wheel of a wheel unit and placed to allow vibrations of said wheel unit and vibrations of said load member to dampen each other;
- a suspension arm having one end connected to said elastic member and the other end fixed to a vehicle body pivotably in a top-bottom direction of said vehicle body;
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- a rotatably supporting member connected to said suspension arm and said elastic member to rotatably support said wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.