Vehicle rear-suspension mechanism

Details Vehicle rear-suspension mechanism Vehicle rear-suspension mechanism

1983-07-12

1985-07-16

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

180 733, 267 20R, 280689, 280690, B60G 326, B60G 700

Patent

active

045292230

ABSTRACT:
In a rear-suspension mechanism for vehicle, each wheel hub for a rear wheel is supported on a body side support member such as the semi trailing arm of a semi trailing type rear-suspension, the strut hub of a strut type rear-suspension or the like by way of a single ball joint and resilient bushings. The ball joint and the bushings permit displacement of the wheel hub about a point with respect to the body side support member. A stabilizer comprising a body portion extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle body and arm portions extending from opposite ends of the body portion substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body is supported on the vehicle body for rotation about the body portion. Each arm portion of the stabilizer is connected to one wheel hub at a junction point on the wheel hub. When one rear wheel bumps and the wheel hub supporting the rear wheel is swung upwardly together with the body side support member with respect to the vehicle body, the junction point on the wheel hub tends to move along an arcuate path in a vertical plane extending substantially in the transverse direction of the vehicle body, while the arm portion of the stabilizer connected to the wheel hub tends to move, pushed by the wheel hub, along an arcuate path in a vertical plane extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. The position of the rear wheel with respect to the body side support member is controlled by a counterforce of the stabilizer produced as a result of the difference between the paths.

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