Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Shigenori Mae

Yasushi Nishikuma

Toshiyasu Santo

Seiho Kawakami

Yasuo Iwata

Kazukiyo Itoga

Takayuki Tsunoda

Yoshio Urai

A suspension for a steerable driving wheel in a vehicle, in which a wheel supported by a wheel carrier rotatable around a steering axis is driven by a drive shaft and braked by a brake caliper, includes a hub and a brake disk. The hub has a supported portion rotatably supported by the wheel carrier through a bearing and is unrotatably connected to the drive shaft. The hub attaches the wheel to a portion located more laterally outward of a vehicle body than the supported portion. On the other hand, the brake disk for generating a braking force in cooperation with the brake caliper is provided on the hub and disposed more laterally inward of the vehicle body than said supported portion.

Suspension for steerable driving wheel in vehicle

An aluminium alloy made of consolidated rapid-quenched aluminium alloy powder by using an improved metallurgical method basically comprises, by weight percent, less than 30% silicone, less than 8% iron, less than 7% copper and less than 0.2% oxygen, the balance being substantially aluminium. The consolidated rapid-quenched aluminium alloy powder has features that it contains less than 0.2% oxygen, and the material made from the rapid-quenched aluminium alloy powder has a high limit compressibility factor, rate of reduction and tensile strength. Thus the aluminium alloy material obtained is suitable for structural members such as pistons for internal combustion engines.

Aluminium alloy having an excellent forgiability

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Shigenori Mae