Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
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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English Peter C.
Johnson Brian L.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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