Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12420604-B2
Application number	US-202218693184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2022
Priority date	Sep 27, 2021
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle with a cargo room provided on a vehicle body frame, the vehicle comprising: drive motors respectively provided for each of a pair of first rear wheels 50 and a pair of second rear wheels 55 disposed at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the drive motors rotating the first rear wheels 50 and second rear wheels 55 independently; and a pair of suspension mechanisms 100 supporting a first axle of the first rear wheels 50 and a second axle of the second rear wheels 55 . The suspension mechanism 100 includes: a first arm 110 which is coupled to the first axle of the first rear wheels 50 and the longitudinal direction of which extends in the front-rear direction; a second arm 115 which is coupled to the second axle of the second rear wheels 55 and the longitudinal direction of which extends in the front-rear direction; a support shaft 120 that causes one end of the first arm 110 in the longitudinal direction and one end of the second arm 115 in the longitudinal direction to be rotatably supported with respect to the vehicle body frame; a first spring member 130 provided between the other end of the first arm 110 in the longitudinal direction and the vehicle body; and a second spring member 135 provided between the other end of the second arm 115 in the longitudinal direction and the vehicle body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle in which a load chamber is provided on a vehicle body frame, the vehicle comprising:
at least four drive motors, a drive motor for each wheel of a pair of first rear wheels and a pair of second rear wheels, disposed having a predetermined interval therebetween in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and rotates the first rear wheels and the second rear wheels independently;
a pair of suspension mechanisms that support a first axle of the first rear wheels and a second axle of the second rear wheels, wherein
each suspension mechanism includes:
a first arm part, connected to the first axle of the first rear wheel, whose longitudinal direction extends in the front-rear direction,
a second arm part, connected to the second axle of the second rear wheel, whose longitudinal direction extends in the front-rear direction,
a support shaft that supports one end of the first arm part in the longitudinal direction and one end of the second arm part in the longitudinal direction such that both of the one ends are pivotably supported with respect to the vehicle body frame,
a first spring member provided between the other end of the first arm part in the longitudinal direction and a vehicle body, and
a second spring member provided between the other end of the second arm part in the longitudinal direction and the vehicle body;

a pair of first bearings that are provided on the one end of the first arm part, and support both ends of the support shaft; and
a pair of second bearings that are provided on the one end of the second arm part, and support both ends of the support shaft.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the support shaft connects the one end of the first arm part and the one end of the second arm part, and
the first arm part and the second arm part each pivot around the support shaft independently.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an arm member in which the first arm part and the second arm part are integrated, wherein the support shaft supports a center of the arm member in the longitudinal direction, and the first arm part and the second arm part pivot around the support shaft integrally.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a length of the first arm part in the longitudinal direction is greater than a diameter of the first rear wheel,
a length of the second arm part in the longitudinal direction is greater than a diameter of the second rear wheel, and
the first spring member and the second spring member are coil springs disposed along a vertical direction.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the suspension mechanism further includes:
a first damper part that bonds ends of the first spring member respectively to the other end of the first arm part and to the vehicle body, and
a second damper part that bonds ends of the second spring member respectively to the other end of the second arm part and to the vehicle body.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a floor surface of the load chamber is lower than a center of the first rear wheel and the second rear wheel in the vertical direction and is positioned between the pair of suspension mechanisms in the vehicle width direction.

7. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the first arm part and the second arm part pivot around the support shaft independently such that only one of the first spring member and the second spring member expands or contracts.

8. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the first arm part and the second arm part pivot around the support shaft integrally such that both the first spring member and the second spring member expand and contract together.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the body frame includes a pair of side members that extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle,
the first arm part and the second arm part are disposed on outer sides of the side members in the vehicle width direction, along the front-rear direction, and
the vehicle further comprises a battery that supplies electric power to the at least four drive motors, wherein
the battery is positioned between the pair of side members.

Assignees

• Isuzu Motors Ltd

Inventors

• Aso Mitsuhiro
• Horiguchi Kenichi

Classifications

• B60G2300/50

  Electric vehicles; Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• B60G2300/026

  Heavy duty trucks · CPC title

• B60G2204/143

  on the vehicle body or chassis · CPC title

• B60G2204/129

  Damper mount on wheel suspension or knuckle · CPC title

• B60G2204/1244

  on a suspension arm · CPC title