To provide an independent suspension device for a vehicle wheel capable of securing the intra-cabin space with greater spaciousness.

A guide means 1 consisting of one set of guide members 2 and 3 capable of making relative displacement from each other in the specific direction is installed in such an arrangement that the specific direction is identical to the vertical direction of a vehicle, wherein one 3 of the guide members is coupled with the vehicle body, while an axle member 7 supporting the vehicle wheel 8 rotatably is coupled with the body through the guide means 1 and a leaf spring 10 positioned adjacent to over the wheel 8 and extending in the direction to the vehicle front and rear, and the two ends of the leaf spring 10 are coupled with the body.