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US 9,254,725 · App. 14/454,443 · Granted Feb 9, 2016

Suspension device of vehicle

Inventors: Kazuhiro Okuyama (Hiroshima, JP); Fumitaka Andou (Hatsukaichi, JP)
Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
B60G3/26B60G3/20B60G2200/156B60G2200/18
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Patent No.
US 9,254,725
App. No.
14/454,443
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Suspension arms comprise five arms of a trailing arm, a leading arm, an upper arm, a lower arm, and a control arm. A lower-arm connection portion of a knuckle to the lower arm is positioned in front of a trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle to the trailing arm as well as a wheel axis. Accordingly, the anti-swing rigidity of a wheel can be increased sufficiently.

Claims (33)

1. A suspension device of a vehicle, comprising:

a knuckle supporting a wheel at a wheel axis;

a trailing arm extending rearward from a trailing-arm support point on a vehicle-body side and connected to a trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis;

a leading arm extending forward from a leading-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to a leading-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned above the wheel axis;

an upper arm extending in a vehicle width direction from an upper-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to an upper-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned above the wheel axis;

a lower arm extending in the vehicle width direction from a lower-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to a lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis; and

a control arm extending in the vehicle width direction from a control-arm support point on the vehicle-body side, arranged in back of the lower arm, and connected to a control-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis,

wherein said lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in front of said trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle as well as the wheel axis, and

said control-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in back of said trailing-arm connection portion, leading-arm connection portion, upper-arm connection portion, and lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle.

2. The suspension device of a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, a cross point of an extension line of said leading arm and another extension line of said upper arm is positioned on a vehicle-outward side of the wheel axis and in front of the wheel axis in a plan view.

3. A suspension device of a vehicle, comprising:

a knuckle supporting a wheel at a wheel axis;

a trailing arm extending rearward from a trailing-arm support point on a vehicle-body side and connected to a trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis;

a leading arm extending forward from a leading-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to a leading-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned above the wheel axis;

an upper arm extending in a vehicle width direction from an upper-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to an upper-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned above the wheel axis;

a lower arm extending in the vehicle width direction from a lower-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to a lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis; and

a control arm extending in the vehicle width direction from a control-arm support point on the vehicle-body side, arranged in back of the lower arm, and connected to a control-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis,

wherein said lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in front of said trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle as well as the wheel axis,

said trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in the vicinity of the wheel axis in a plan view, and

said control-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in back of said trailing-arm connection portion, leading-arm connection portion, upper-arm connection portion, and lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle.

4. The suspension device of a vehicle of claim 3 , wherein, a cross point of an extension line of said leading arm and another extension line of said upper arm is positioned on a vehicle-outward side of the wheel axis and in front of the wheel axis in a plan view.

5. A suspension device of a vehicle, comprising:

a knuckle supporting a wheel at a wheel axis;

a trailing arm extending rearward from a trailing-arm support point on a vehicle-body side and connected to a trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis;

a leading arm extending forward from a leading-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to a leading-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned above the wheel axis;

an upper arm extending in a vehicle width direction from an upper-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to an upper-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned above the wheel axis;

a lower arm extending in the vehicle width direction from a lower-arm support point on the vehicle-body side and connected to a lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis; and

a control arm extending in the vehicle width direction from a control-arm support point on the vehicle-body side, arranged in back of the lower arm, and connected to a control-arm connection portion of the knuckle which is positioned below the wheel axis,

wherein said lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in front of said trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle as well as the wheel axis, and

a cross point of an extension line of said leading arm and another extension line of said upper arm is positioned on a vehicle-outward side of the wheel axis and in front of the wheel axis in a plan view.

6. The suspension device of a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein said trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in the vicinity of the wheel axis in a plan view.

7. The suspension device of a vehicle of claim 5 , wherein said control-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in back of said trailing-arm connection portion, leading-arm connection portion, upper-arm connection portion, and lower-arm connection portion of the knuckle.

8. The suspension device of a vehicle of claim 5 , wherein said trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle is positioned in the vicinity of the wheel axis in a plan view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2014
From: OKUYAMA, KAZUHIRO; ANDOU, FUMITAKA
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033490/0100 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-175273 · Aug 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150061254A1 · Mar 5, 2015