Deformable suspension arm for automotive vehicle

Details Deformable suspension arm for automotive vehicle Deformable suspension arm for automotive vehicle

1995-06-21

1997-03-04

Johnson, Brian L.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

280688, 280690, 188377, B60G 700, B60G 300

Patent

active

056071779

ABSTRACT:
A suspension arm adapted for use in a suspension system of an automotive vehicle, the suspension arm being composed of an arm member made of a sheet metal pressed in a predetermined shape and having a pair of spaced front and rear mounting portions mounted on a vehicle body structure at two positions spaced in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle and a support portion for supporting a road wheel mounted thereon, wherein the arm member has a deformable portion which is formed to ensure transverse stiffness of the suspension arm in a lateral direction of the vehicle and located between the front and rear mounting portions to be buckled when applied with an impact force in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle.

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patent: 5322317 (1994-06-01), Kusaka et al.
patent: 5362090 (1994-11-01), Takeuchi

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