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Granted Patent B2
US 12,246,772 · App. 18/569,921 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Automobile suspension structure

Inventors: Soma Sonobe (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Kimoto (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Kawachi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
B62D21/11B60G7/02B62D21/155B60G2206/604
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Patent No.
US 12,246,772
App. No.
18/569,921
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automobile suspension structure includes: a subframe; a first link; and a second link, in which the subframe includes: a pair of side members; a pair of cross members; and a link attachment part, the link attachment part is arranged to be continuous with an end of the cross member, the link attachment part includes: a first link attachment part; and a second link attachment part, the link attachment part is joined to an upper surface and a lower surface of the side member in an automobile height direction and an outer surface of the side member in an automobile width direction, the first link attachment part and the second link attachment part are arranged with the side member sandwiched therebetween in the automobile height direction, the first link is attached to the first link attachment part, and the second link is attached to the second link attachment part.

Claims (19)

1. An automobile suspension structure comprising:

a subframe; a first link; and a second link, wherein

the subframe includes:

a pair of side members;

a pair of cross members arranged between the pair of the side members; and

a link attachment part,

the link attachment part is arranged to be continuous with an end of one cross member of the pair of cross members,

the link attachment part is joined to an upper surface and a lower surface of one side member of the pair of the side members in an automobile height direction and an outer surface of the one side member in an automobile width direction,

the link attachment part includes: a first bracket having a first link attachment part; and

a second bracket having a second link attachment part,

the first link attachment part and the second link attachment part are arranged with the one side member sandwiched therebetween in the automobile height direction,

the first link attachment part and the second link attachment part are connected via the link attachment part joined to the outer surface of the one side member in the automobile width direction,

the first bracket and the second bracket are joined to each other on an outer side of the one side member in the automobile width direction,

the first link is attached to the first link attachment part so as to be pivotable in a plane across an automobile length direction, and

the second link is attached to the second link attachment part so as to be pivotable in a plane across the automobile length direction.

2. The automobile suspension structure according to claim 1 , wherein

from the first link attachment part to an inner end portion of the link attachment part in the automobile width direction, a closed cross-sectional shape formed by the link attachment part and the one side member and a closed cross-sectional shape formed by the link attachment part and the one cross member are provided.

3. The automobile suspension structure according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein

a closed cross-sectional shape formed by the outer surface of the one side member in the automobile width direction and the link attachment part is provided.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2023
From: SONOBE, SOMA; KIMOTO, NAOKI; KAWACHI, TAKESHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065879/0088 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240278836A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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