Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Torsion beam type suspension device
- Patent Title (中): 扭转梁式悬挂装置
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Application No.: US13808410Application Date: 2011-07-20
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Publication No.: US08646789B2Publication Date: 2014-02-11
- Inventor: Takaki Ohdo , Masafumi Mori , Takashi Okazaki , Takumi Fujita
- Applicant: Takaki Ohdo , Masafumi Mori , Takashi Okazaki , Takumi Fujita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier Blackman & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Joseph P. Carrier; William D. Blackman
- Priority: JP2010-165924 20100723; JP2010-165925 20100723; JP2010-165926 20100723
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/066409 WO 20110720
- International Announcement: WO2012/011482 WO 20120126
- Main IPC: B60G21/05
- IPC: B60G21/05

Abstract:
A torsion beam type suspension device is provided in which a trailing arm part and a torsion beam part are formed as a unit by press-forming a tailored blank material in which end parts of plate materials having different thicknesses are butt-welded via a weld part. A weld part of the tailored blank material comprises a U-shaped cross section in which front and rear side wall portions are connected via a bottom wall portion, and a pair of cutouts are formed at the edge of each of the side wall portions at positions sandwiching the weld part, and therefore, when the torsion beam part is twistedly deformed, shifting the concentration of stress from the weld part to the cutout enables peeling apart of the weld end part to be prevented and the durability of the torsion beam type suspension device to be enhanced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130214504A1 TORSION BEAM TYPE SUSPENSION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-08-22
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