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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1977
Ichiro Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuo Kitamura, Chiryu, JP;
Nobuo Wakimoto, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A front wheel supporting device for a motor vehicle including a laterally elongated suspension bracket having a cross-section in substantially a U shape and provided on the undersurface of the forward of a motor vehicle body with the opening of the U directed downwardly and a lower arm bracket supports provided adjacent the opposite ends of lower arm brackets for supporting the forward ends of the lower arms extending inwardly of the front wheels which are disposed outwardly of the lower arm brackets. The lower arm brackets each has in the hollow space thereof a steering gear operationally associated with a steering wheel and a steering rod outwardly extending from the steering gear box. The front wheel supporting device is characterized by an engine mount bracket integrally provided on the suspension bracket at the upper and outer surfaces of the suspension bracket and an engine coupled to and supported by the engine mount bracket.