Suspension apparatus for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11701937-B2
Application number	US-202217724981-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2022
Priority date	May 12, 2021
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

A suspension apparatus for a vehicle may include: a member part including a side member part extended in a first direction and a cross member part extended in a second direction; a pair of knuckle parts spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and coupled to and supported by a wheel; and a posture maintenance part supported by the member part, having both sides connected to the pair of knuckle parts, respectively, and configured to absorb shock applied from a road surface and adjust a relative height between the pair of knuckle parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A suspension apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a member part comprising a side member part extended in a first direction and a cross member part extended in a second direction;
a pair of knuckle parts spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and coupled to and supported by a wheel; and
a posture maintenance part supported by the member part, having both sides connected to the pair of knuckle parts, respectively, and configured to absorb shock and adjust a relative height between the pair of knuckle parts,
wherein the posture maintenance part comprises:
a support part rotatably coupled to the member part;
a pair of elastic parts fixed to both sides of the support part, each elastic part having one side connected to the corresponding knuckle part, and configured to offset a change in height of the knuckle part with an elastic restoring force thereof; and
a fixed part fixed at a position facing the other side of the elastic part, and configured to come into contact with or separate from the other side of the elastic part according to a rotation direction of the support part.

2. The suspension apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support part comprises:
a body facing the member part;
a joint disposed in a center of the body, and configured to rotatably support the body with respect to the member part; and
a bush disposed on either side of the body, and connected to the member part so as to restrict a rotation angle of the body.

3. The suspension apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the joint has a one side connected to a surface of the body, and the other side rotatably connected to an inner surface of the cross member part.

4. The suspension apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the bush is made of an elastic material.

5. The suspension apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the pair of elastic parts apply elastic restoring forces, acting in the opposite directions, to the pair of knuckle parts, when the support part is rotated.

6. The suspension apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the elastic part comprises:
a fastening part fixed to the support part, and having a first seating part and a second seating part;
a first elastic member having one side seated on the first seating part and the other side connected to the knuckle part; and
a second elastic member having one side seated on the second seating part and the other side selectively contacted with the fixed part.

7. The suspension apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first seating part and the second seating part are provided with a groove recessed into the fastening part.

8. The suspension apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first seating part and the second seating part are recessed into the fastening part such that open sides thereof face different directions.

9. The suspension apparatus of claim 6 , wherein an end of the first elastic member is disposed in the first seating part, and fixed to the fastening part by a bolt.

10. The suspension apparatus of claim 6 , wherein an end of the second elastic member is disposed in the second seating part, and fixed to the fastening part by a bolt.

11. The suspension apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first elastic member and the second elastic member are made of GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic).

12. The suspension apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first elastic member and the second elastic member are extended so as to be curved at a predetermined curvature.

13. The suspension apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the fixed part is fixed to the member part.

14. The suspension apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first direction is a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the second direction is a widthwise direction of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Young Ha
• Park Jong Sung

Classifications

• B60G11/20 Primary

  characterised by means specially adapted for attaching the spring to axle or sprung part of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60G11/10 Primary

  characterised by means specially adapted for attaching the spring to axle or sprung part of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60G21/02 Primary

  permanently interconnected · CPC title

• B60G11/08

  arranged substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60G2204/15

  Mounting of subframes · CPC title