Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1993-12-28
1995-07-25
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280691, B60G 318
Patent
active
054355915
ABSTRACT:
A steerable front wheel suspension for vehicle includes a knuckle, an upper control arm, a lower control arm connecting the knuckle to a vehicle body, a strut assembly, a connecting arm, a control link, and a connecting member connecting the connecting arm and the control link, fixed to the strut assembly, wherein a plurality of links are connected so that an instantaneous center of the wheel with respect to the vehicle body is defined by an intersection point of a first nominal line formed by connecting an intersection point of a nominal line connecting hinge points of both ends of the upper control arm and a nominal line connecting hinge points of both ends of the connecting member to an instantaneous center of a wheel with respect to the connecting arm, and a second nominal line formed by connecting hinge points of both ends of the lower control arm. Therefore, it is possible to increase a free layout degree with respect to a camber and caster, to improve handling stability by providing a nominal kingpin and decreasing variation of a height of a roll-center by a nominal link and to maximize the effective volume of engine room by minimizing the space which the suspension system occupies.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4871187 (1989-10-01), Schaible
patent: 5238261 (1993-08-01), Ogiso
patent: 5348337 (1994-09-01), Ando
Dickson Paul N.
Focarino Margaret A.
Hyundai Motor Co.
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