Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspension coil spring
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Application No.: US10474590Application Date: 2002-04-12
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Publication No.: US09783017B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Junji Ogura , Yukihiro Sugimoto , Masahiko Shimizu
- Applicant: Junji Ogura , Yukihiro Sugimoto , Masahiko Shimizu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Priority: JP2001-115235 20010413
- International Application: PCT/JP02/03668 WO 20020412
- International Announcement: WO02/083437 WO 20021024
- Main IPC: B60G15/07
- IPC: B60G15/07 ; F16F1/04

Abstract:
A suspension coil spring, when assembled to a suspension device, in which a spring reaction axis (AR) is positioned coincident with or sufficiently close to a load input axis (AA), and the design and manufacture of coil springs are facilitated. Namely, a suspension coil spring (10) in a free state is formed so that a coil axis (AC) is bent in V-shape at bend point (PB) and the distance from the end turn center (CU) of the upper seating surface (38) to an imaginary coil axis (AI) is an upper inclination amount (VU), and the distance from the end turn center (CL) to the imaginary coil axis (AI) is a lower inclination amount (VL). When the suspension coil spring (10) is interposed between spring seats (22, 24) in the suspension device and compressed along a strut axis, the spring reaction AR axis of the suspension coil spring (10) is inclined and offset with respect to the imaginary coil axis (AL) according to the inclination amounts (VU, VL).
Public/Granted literature
- US20040169322A1 Suspension coil spring Public/Granted day:2004-09-02
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