Mazda Motor Corporation

Yoshiharu Takahashi

Shigeki Furutani

Susumu Sano

Naoki Ikeda

Yoshitada Toyoshima

Hiromune Ohhashi

Atsushi Tsuge

Toshiaki Aoki

In a front suspension device for an automotive vehicle, in which wheel support members of right and left front wheels are coupled with each other via a steering unit, outer ends of two lower arms are pivotally attached to the wheel support members, and inner ends of two lower arms are pivotally attached to a vehicle body via a resilient member, there are provided a damping device equipped with a coil spring and attached to one of the two lower arms at its lower end and to the vehicle body at its upper end respectively, and a suppression (rotational torque absorption) device for suppressing a toe-change of the front wheels caused by a rotational torque applied according to extension and contraction of the coil spring of the damping device.

Front suspension device for automotive vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yoshiharu Takahashi