| US 7,398,982 B2 | ||
| Suspension device | ||
| Yutaka Hozumi, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/72,627. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-070580 (JP), filed on Mar. 12, 2004; and application No. 2004-070581 (JP), filed on Mar. 12, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0200094 A1, Sep. 15, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62D 7/018 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—93.512 [280/93.511; 280/124.135; 280/86.758] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A suspension device comprising:
a knuckle formed by a knuckle body and
a lower arm support bracket fastened to and directly engaging front and rear fastening portions provided in a lower portion
of the knuckle body with front and rear bolts, wherein a surface area of an uppermost portion of the lower arm support bracket
engaging the front and rear fastening portions of the knuckle body is less than a surface area of a lower most portion of
the front and rear fastening portions of the knuckle body engaging the lower arm support bracket; and
a lower arm having an inner end portion in a vehicle width direction connected to a vehicle body, and
an outer end portion in the vehicle width direction connected to the lower arm support bracket;
an angle of a line connecting fastening surfaces of the front and rear fastening portions changing according to a bump and
a rebound of the knuckle, wherein the angle of the line moves closer to the horizontal as the knuckle bumps from a normal
position.
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