Suspension system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9604516-B2
Application number	US-201514921646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

A suspension system for a vehicle that is capable of preventing a lower pad from being separated from a lower arm by elastic force of a spring. The lower pad of the suspension system for a vehicle includes an elastically deformable part made of a material deformable by elastic force of the spring, and a base part made of a material harder than the material of the elastically deformable part, and coupled to the lower arm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A suspension system for a vehicle, comprising:
a spring configured to support a load of a vehicle body;
a lower arm disposed at a lower side of the spring and configured to support the spring; and
a lower pad disposed at an upper side of the lower arm and on which the spring is seated,
wherein the lower pad comprises:
an elastically deformable part comprising a material deformable by elastic force of the spring; and
a base part made of a material harder than the material of the elastically deformable part, and coupled to the lower arm, the base part comprising:
a body portion coupled to and disposed inside the elastically deformable part; and
an assembling protruding portion protruding from the body portion and configured to penetrate the elastically deformable part to be coupled with the lower arm.

2. The suspension system of claim 1 , wherein the elastically deformable part and the base part are integrally formed.

3. The suspension system of claim 1 , wherein the elastically deformable part comprises:
a spring seating portion on which the spring is seated; and
a spring insertion portion configured to protrude upward inside the spring seating portion and configured to be insertable into the spring.

4. The suspension system of claim 3 , wherein an anti-rotation protrusion, which is configured to come into contact with a lower end of the spring and prevent rotation of the spring, and an anti-withdrawal protrusion, which is configured to come into contact with a side surface of the spring and prevent withdrawal of the spring, are formed on the spring seating portion.

5. The suspension system of claim 4 , wherein:
the anti-rotation protrusion protrudes at an upper side of the spring seating portion and extends from the spring insertion portion; and
the anti-withdrawal protrusion protrudes at the upper side of the spring seating portion and extends from an outer circumferential surface of the spring seating portion.

6. The suspension system of claim 1 , wherein the body portion has an annular shape.

7. The suspension system of claim 1 , wherein the assembling protruding portion comprises:
an extending portion extending from the body portion and having a constant diameter from an upper end to a lower end of the extending portion; and
a conical portion extending from the extending portion, the conical portion comprising an upper end having a diameter greater than a diameter of the extending portion, and having a diameter that is gradually decreased toward the lower end of the conical portion.

8. The suspension system of claim 1 , wherein the assembling protruding portion comprises a cut-out portion, which is cut out from a lower end toward an upper end of the assembling protruding portion.

9. The suspension system of claim 1 , wherein the assembling protruding portion comprises:
a first projection protruding from the body portion; and
a second projection protruding from the body portion so as to be spaced apart from the first projection.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cha Seung Hwan

Classifications

• B60G2206/7104

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• B60G2202/12

  Wound spring · CPC title

• B60G2206/81

  Shaping · CPC title

• B60G2204/44

  Centering or positioning means · CPC title

• B60G2206/73

  Rubber; Elastomers · CPC title