Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspension structure for in-wheel motor drive device
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Application No.: US16333669Application Date: 2017-09-20
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Publication No.: US10906372B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Yusuke Shibuya , Shiro Tamura
- Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Clark & Brody LP
- Priority: JP2016-185455 20160923
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/033813 WO 20170920
- International Announcement: WO2018/056283 WO 20180329
- Main IPC: B60G21/055
- IPC: B60G21/055 ; B60G15/07 ; B60K7/00 ; B60G7/00

Abstract:
A suspension structure for an in-wheel motor drive device of the present invention includes an in-wheel motor drive device (10), a shock absorber (76), a torsion bar (81), and a stabilizer link (86), wherein: the shock absorber includes an upper spring seat (79a) provided in an upper end region of the shock absorber and a lower spring seat (79b) provided in a lower end region of the shock absorber and forming a pair with the upper spring seat; an upper end (87a) of the stabilizer link is arranged between a vehicle back edge (79d) of the lower spring seat and a vehicle front edge (79c) of the lower spring seat; and a lower end (87b) of the stabilizer link is arranged so as to overlap with a hub wheel (12) as viewed in an axial direction of the hub wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190263215A1 SUSPENSION STRUCTURE FOR IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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