Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle suspension apparatus and method of assembling vehicle suspension apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 车辆悬挂装置及组装车辆悬挂装置的方法
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Application No.: US14652618Application Date: 2012-12-26
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Publication No.: US09446647B2Publication Date: 2016-09-20
- Inventor: Daisuke Kawahara , Katsumi Ishida
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/008327 WO 20121226
- International Announcement: WO2014/102861 WO 20140703
- Main IPC: F16F9/38
- IPC: F16F9/38 ; B60G15/06 ; F16F9/32

Abstract:
A vehicle suspension apparatus includes: a shock absorber that has a cylinder outer tube; a dust cover whose upper area is fixed on an upper support side; and a coil spring that surrounds the dust cover. The outer tube has a first engagement unit provided on a portion of the circumference of the outer tube. The dust cover a second engagement unit provided on a portion of the circumference of a lower area of the dust cover. The second engagement unit becomes engaged with the first engagement unit. The first engagement unit provided around the outer tube and the second engagement unit provided around the lower area of the dust cover become engaged with each other by rotating the dust cover around the shaft of the shock absorber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150328947A1 VEHICLE SUSPENSION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING VEHICLE SUSPENSION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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