Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspension apparatus and vehicle
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Application No.: US16655966Application Date: 2019-10-17
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Publication No.: US11639096B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Masahiko Yamada , Satoshi Adachi
- 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: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-199521 20181023
- Main IPC: B60K7/00
- IPC: B60K7/00 ; B60G3/14 ; B60G3/18 ; B60G7/00

Abstract:
A suspension apparatus configured to support a wheel of a vehicle includes an in-wheel motor. The suspension apparatus includes a suspension member extending substantially in a front and rear direction of the vehicle and coupled to a carrier at a plurality of coupling portions spaced apart from each other in an up and down direction. The carrier holds the in-wheel motor. A reference point of an upper one of the plurality of coupling portions is located on an inner side of a reference point of a lower one of the plurality of coupling portions in a widthwise direction of the vehicle.
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