Double wishbone type suspension having A-type arm combined with pivoted expansible/contractible connection link and lateral link
US5380024A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60G2206/121
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A double wishbone type suspension for suspending a carrier 10 for supporting a vehicle wheel 12 to be rotatable about an axis of rotation 12A is constructed by an upper arm 14 extending substantially in a lateral direction of a vehicle between its inboard end 18 pivotably connected with a vehicle body 20 and its outboard end 22 pivotably connected with a first portion 22 of the carrier, a lower arm 16 having at least two inboard ends 24, 26 spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and pivotably connected with the vehicle body and an outboard end 30 pivotably connected with a second portion 20 of the carrier, a longitudinally expansible/contractible connection link 36 having one end 38 connected with a portion 38 of the lower arm substantially distant from the outboard end 30 thereof to be pivotable relative thereto about a substantially vertical axis 40 and another end 42 pivotably connected with a third portion 42 of the carrier substantially distant from the second portion 30 thereof, and a lateral link 60 having an inboard end 56 pivotably connected with the vehicle body and an outboard end 58 pivotably connected with either a portion 54 of the ca…
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