Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspension structure for in-wheel motor drive device
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Application No.: US14427736Application Date: 2013-09-02
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Publication No.: US09604531B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Shiro Tamura , Minoru Suzuki
- Applicant: NTN Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Clark & Brody
- Priority: JP2012-200842 20120912
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/073489 WO 20130902
- International Announcement: WO2014/042024 WO 20140320
- Main IPC: B60K7/00
- IPC: B60K7/00 ; B60G21/05 ; B60G9/02

Abstract:
A suspension structure includes a pair of trailing arms (12) each having at its front end a pivot (14) that is attached to a vehicle body, a beam member (13) connecting the pair of trailing arms, and a pair of in-wheel motor drive devices (31) coupled and fixed to rear end regions of the trailing arms. The position of the pivot (14) in a lateral direction of a vehicle is included in a range A, B, and C from an inner end to an outer end of the in-wheel motor drive device (31) in the lateral direction of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150210154A1 SUSPENSION STRUCTURE FOR IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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