Suspension device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10987986-B2
Application number	US-201816156717-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2018
Priority date	Oct 13, 2017
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

A suspension device includes knuckles that rotatably retain rear wheels, an electric actuator that steers the rear wheels, paired tie rods that are connected to the electric actuator via a link mechanism and driven back and forth by the electric actuator, brackets that are rotated by the tie rods, and a lower arm attached to the brackets. Each bracket is rotatable between the knuckle and the lower arm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A suspension device for a steering vehicle having a plurality of arms that retain a wheel, comprising:
a retention member that rotatably retains the wheel;
an actuator that steers the wheel;
a tie rod that is connected to the actuator and driven back and forth by the actuator;
a bracket that is rotated by the tie rod; and
a lower arm attached to the bracket,
wherein
the bracket is rotatable between the retention member and the lower arm,
the tie rod is attached to a first end portion of the bracket at a first attaching point,
the lower arm is attached to a second end portion of the bracket at a third attaching point,
the retention member is attached to the bracket between the first end portion and the second end portion at a second attaching point, and
the first attaching point, the second attaching point, and the third attaching point are lined up along a substantially vertical direction of the steering vehicle and spaced away from one another at predetermined intervals.

2. The suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the bracket is rotatable about the third attaching point with the lower arm as a fulcrum.

3. The suspension device according to claim 2 , wherein
the first attaching point between the bracket and the tie rod and the third attaching point between the bracket and the lower arm are located adjacently.

4. The suspension device according to claim 2 , wherein
when driving force of the actuator is inputted to the bracket via the first attaching point with the tie rod serving as a point of effort, the bracket rotates about the third attaching point with the lower arm as a fulcrum and changes a toe angle of the wheel with the second attaching point with the retention member serving as a point of load.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamazaki Ryosuke
• Inagaki Takumi

Classifications

• B60G7/006 Primary

  Attaching arms to sprung or unsprung part of vehicle, characterised by comprising attachment means controlled by an external actuator, e.g. a fluid or electrical motor (B62D7/146 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D17/00

  Means on vehicles for adjusting camber, castor, or toe-in · CPC title

• B60G3/20 Primary

  all arms being rigid · CPC title

• B60G17/016

  characterised by their responsiveness, when the vehicle is travelling, to specific motion, a specific condition, or driver input {(B60G17/017 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60G2500/40

  Steering · CPC title