Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspension structure for in-wheel motor drive device
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Application No.: US14427746Application Date: 2013-09-02
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Publication No.: US09771105B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- 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: JP2012-200843 20120912
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/073540 WO 20130902
- International Announcement: WO2014/042030 WO 20140320
- Main IPC: B60K7/00
- IPC: B60K7/00 ; B62D21/11 ; B60G21/05 ; B60K17/04

Abstract:
A suspension structure includes a pair of trailing arms (12), a beam member (13) connecting the pair of trailing arms, a bracket (21) connected to a rear end region of the trailing arm, and an in-wheel motor drive device (31) coupled and fixed to the bracket. The in-wheel motor drive device (31) is located above the rear end region of the trailing arm (12), and a lower side of the in-wheel motor drive device (12) is covered by the rear end region of the trailing arm (12) and the bracket (21).
Public/Granted literature
- US20150203159A1 SUSPENSION STRUCTURE FOR IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-07-23
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