Motor vehicles – Bodies
Patent
1987-12-07
1989-03-21
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Bodies
172508, 301124R, B60B 3500
Patent
active
048135070
ABSTRACT:
An axle beam for the rear wheel suspension of a front-engine front-wheel drive vehicle is disclosed. An axle beam body extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle with both ends thereof attached to wheel hubs, and trailing arms and springs connect the axle beam body to the vehicle body in the vicinity of the wheel hubs. An axle body protecting member having an inclined outer peripheral surface which inclines below the front side wall and extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle is attached to the front side wall of the axle beam body. The protecting member may be attached to the axle beam body through spacers, an elastic member or a universal joint.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4534440 (1985-08-01), Sekizaki et al.
Research Disclosure, Dec. 1978, No. 176, p. 5, class 18/88.
Inuzuka Yutaka
Takeo Hideki
Tanaka Hiroaki
Ferriter Karin L.
Mitchell David M.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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