Rear suspension structure of automotive vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10106006-B2
Application number	US-201715596039-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2017
Priority date	Jul 4, 2016
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

In a rear suspension device of an automotive vehicle, a shock absorber is provided perpendicularly to a H-shaped lower arm in a side view, respective axis of resilient bushes of pivotal portions which pivotally support upper and lower arms at a vehicle-body side are configured to be parallel to a standard line which extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a plan view, and an imaginary axial line which interconnects respective centers of front and rear connection portions, via which the lower arm is connected to a wheel side, is configured to extend obliquely forward and inward relatively to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rear suspension structure of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
an upper arm provided to be connected to a vehicle-body side and a wheel side;
a H-shaped lower arm provided to be connected to the vehicle-body side and the wheel side;
an auxiliary link; and
a shock absorber provided to be connected to the lower arm and a vehicle body,
wherein said shock absorber is provided perpendicularly to said lower arm in a side view, each connection portion of said upper and lower arms to the vehicle body is made of a pivotal portion which is configured to pivotally support each arm at the vehicle-body side via a resilient bush, the resilient bush having a bush axis which is configured to be parallel to a standard line extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a plan view, said lower arm is configured to be connected to the wheel side via front and rear connection portions, one of said front and rear connection portions is connected to the wheel side via said auxiliary link and the other connection portion is connected to the wheel side directly, not via the auxiliary link, and an imaginary axial line which interconnects respective centers of said front and rear connection portions is configured to extend obliquely forward and inward relatively to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

2. The rear suspension structure of the automotive vehicle of claim 1 , wherein an upper portion of said shock absorber is pivotally supported at the vehicle body via an pivotal axis which is configured to be parallel to the standard line extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the plan view, and both said bush axis and said pivotal axis are configured to extend obliquely rearward and downward relatively to the standard line extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view.

3. The rear suspension structure of the automotive vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said front connection portion of the lower arm to the wheel side and a connection portion, via which said upper arm is configured to be connected to the wheel side, are provided in front of a rear-wheel drive axis, and a toe control link to control a toe angle of the rear wheel is provided in back of the rear-wheel drive axis.

4. The rear suspension structure of the automotive vehicle of claim 1 , wherein said front connection portion of the lower arm to the wheel side and a connection portion, via which said upper arm is configured to be connected to the wheel side, are provided in front of a rear-wheel drive axis, and a toe control link to control a toe angle of the rear wheel is provided in back of the rear-wheel drive axis.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Andou Fumitaka
• Asano Norio
• Takahashi Koji

Classifications

• B60G2200/18

  Multilink suspensions, e.g. elastokinematic arrangements · CPC title

• B60G7/001 Primary

  Suspension arms, e.g. constructional features (B60G7/006 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60G7/04 Primary

  Buffer means for limiting movement of arms {(stops limiting fluid passage in fluid dampers F16F9/49; stroke-limiting stops for fluid dampers F16F9/58)} · CPC title

• B60G2204/128

  Damper mount on vehicle body or chassis · CPC title

• B60G2204/143

  on the vehicle body or chassis · CPC title