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Title:
TWIST BEAM TYPE REAR SUSPENSION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH1086619
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To improve operation stability without deteriorating the comfortableness of a vehicle.

A twist beam type rear suspension has a pair of trailing arms 10R and 10L, twist beam 24 to connect these trailing arms, and a pair of tow control links 12R and 12L, which are pivotally supported on the front ends of the trailing arms through the rear side joints 36R and 36L, which are pivotally supported in a car body 14 through front side joints 32R and 32L, and the rear side joints 36R and 36L have axis lines 52R and 52L in the vertical direction of a vehicle, and the shaft lines 64R and 64L of a pair of the tow control links cross each other on the rotary shaft lines 22R and 22L of wheels practically in the central plane 76 of the vehicle viewed from a position above the vehicle or at an intersection 78 in a rear section. In addition, pivotal motion restricting devices 60R and 60L are provided to restrict the pivotal motion of the tow control links in direction other than the periphery of the axial lines.


Inventors:
SHIMATANI HIROYUKI
Application Number:
JP26535496A
Publication Date:
April 07, 1998
Filing Date:
September 13, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60G7/02; B60G9/04; (IPC1-7): B60G9/04; B60G7/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akashi Masatake