Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1986-01-27
1986-11-04
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280670, 280675, 280 963, B60G 302
Patent
active
046207201
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a strut type suspension for automobiles, consisting of a member for rotatably supporting a wheel, a lower control arm extending in the widthwise direction of a chassis and connected pivotably at its outer end to the support member, and a disc brake unit or internally expansible drum brake unit provided in the wheel. The disc brake unit is provided in its central portion with a recess opened to an inner side of the chassis, an outer end fixing portion of the lower control arm for connection to the support member being set in said recess so as to be close to the center line of ground contact of the wheel. In the above-mentioned strut type suspension for automobiles, which is provided with an internally expansible drum brake unit in a wheel, a support base to which an anchor block is fixed is formed on an inner side surface of a back plate of the drum brake unit so as to project inward therefrom, and a recess defined in an outer side surface of the back plate so as to deflect toward the projecting support base. An outer end fixing portion of the lower control arm, which is joined to the support member, is set in the recess so as to be close to the center line of ground contact of the wheel.
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Minakawa Masaaki
Sakata Mamoru
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Love John J.
Rice Kenneth R.
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