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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Hosei Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
HOSEI BRAKE IND. CO., LTD., Toyota-shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle leaf spring shackle includes pair of longitudinal plate members opposed to each other, pair of devices for connecting the pair of longitudinal plate members to each other at their opposite end portions with respective predetermined spacing distances, and between pair of longitudinal plate members, one pair of devices is coupled to a member of a vehicle body while other pair of devices is coupled to one end portion of a leaf spring device provided to suspend the vehicle body. At least one end portion of the pair of longitudinal plate members on the leaf spring device side including a thick-walled portion formed with thickness larger than other portions of the pair of longitudinal plate members, the thick-walled portion is formed by press-forming operation to press at least one end portions of the longitudinal plate members on the leaf spring device side, in direction of the end portion plane.