Invention Application
- Patent Title: LOWER-SIDE SPRING-RECEIVING MEMBER
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Application No.: US15551455Application Date: 2016-02-04
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Publication No.: US20180045263A1Publication Date: 2018-02-15
- Inventor: Shuji Ohmura , Shohei Hosomi , Jun Umeno
- Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Priority: JP2015-028306 20150217
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/053409 WO 20160204
- Main IPC: F16F1/12
- IPC: F16F1/12 ; F16F9/512 ; B60G11/16

Abstract:
A lower-side spring-receiving member of a suspension device, receiving a suspension spring structured to have a rising section at a lower side of the suspension spring, having a partially annular shape and including: a base end portion arranged at one end of the lower-side spring-receiving member wherein an end of the suspension spring is inserted into the base end portion; a slope portion arranged at the other end of the lower-side spring-receiving member and having a thickness in a cross-sectional view varying so as to follow a shape of the rising section of the suspension spring; and a holding portion that is arranged between the base end portion and the slope portion and holds the suspension spring, wherein the slope portion has a recess portion (Nk) formed on its bottom-surface; the recess portion includes a ridge portion is formed in a substantially mountain shape in a cross-sectional view taken along a radial direction of the partially annular shape and may be or may not be in contact with a mounting surface when no spring load of the suspension spring is applied.
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