Abstract:
A trailing arm type rear-suspension system having a trailing arm which is connected to a wheel hub for supporting a rear wheel for rotation at one end and to the vehicle body for vertical pivotal movement at the other end by way of a resilient bushing is provided with a camber control link mechanism. The camber control link mechanism comprises first and second control links. The first control link is fixed to the trailing arm at its first end. The second control link is connected to a second end of the first control link for pivotal movement at one end, and to the vehicle body for pivotal movement at the other end. The pivotal center of the second control link on the vehicle body is offset from the pivotal axis of the trailing arm by a preset amount so that the path along which the junction point between the first and second control links is to move when it pivots about the pivotal axis of the trailing arm differs from the path along which it is to move when it pivots about the pivotal center of the second control link on the vehicle body.
Abstract:
A body side support member such as the semi trailing arm of a semi trailing type rear-suspension system, the strut of a strut type rear-suspension system and the like is connected to a wheel hub for a rear tire by way of a ball joint and a pair of rubber bushings. The ball joint is positioned, as viewed from the left side of the vehicle body, in quadrant II, one of the rubber bushings is positioned in quadrant IV and the other rubber bushing is positioned in quadrant I or III on a coordinate plane having its origin on the center of the rear wheel, its abscissa on the horizontal line passing through the center of the rear wheel and its ordinate on the vertical line passing through the center of the rear wheel. The other rubber bushing in quadrant I or III is adapted to permit a rotational displacement of the wheel hub about the line connecting said ball joint and said one rubber bushing in quadrant IV, and the central axes of the bushings are directed so that the lower forward part of the rear wheel is adapted to be displaced inwardly with respect to the vehicle body.
Abstract:
A fully triangulated automobile wheel suspension arm assembly which provides a rigid connection between an automotive wheel-bearing hub and two pivot points connecting the suspension assembly to the superstructure of the vehicle. The suspension system includes a lateral tube affixed to a vehicle body. The tube has a free end to which there is journaled one end of a trailing arm. A torsion bar has one end affixed to the lateral tube and a free end affixed to the trailing arm so that pivotal movement of the trailing arm about the lateral tube is resisted by the torsion bar. The other end of the trailing arm is affixed to a wheel-bearing hub, and a wheel is received in journaled relationship respective to the hub. A strut connects the hub to a bracket located on the lateral tube at a location which is spaced inboard of the trailing arm journal. This provides a rigid connection between the wheel-bearing hub and the two pivot points, so that the hub is restrained to move in a substantially vertical plane.
Abstract:
A rear suspension mechanism of motor vehicles having a pair of trailing arms and a pair of axle drive shafts with inner and outer universal joints, each of the trailing arms being made up of an inner and outer leaves connected with each other through a connecting member connected to the wheel hub and the axle drive shaft being of the type that no positively sliding mechanism is involved. The suspension mechanism permits the driving wheels to assume proper camber and steer angles and to move in the foreand-aft direction of the vehicle.