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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Nobuo Momose, Tokyo, JP;
Yuzo Niina, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Momose, Tokyo, JP;
Yuzo Niina, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A strut suspension system with dual-path top mounts is provided with a first input system and a second input system. In the first input system, an upper part of a piston rod () of a shock absorber () arranged on a strut () is connected to a vehicle body () via an insulator () when the strut suspension system is arranged on an automotive vehicle. In the second input system, an upper part of a coil spring () arranged on an outer circumference of the strut () is connected to the side of the vehicle body () via an upper spring seat () and a bearing () when the strut suspension system is arranged on the automotive vehicle. To permit suppressing deflection of the vehicle by reducing a total steer moment applied to the suspension system without resulting in an increase in the number of parts, a lower bracket () is arranged in contact with a lower surface of the insulator () and between the bearing () and the vehicle body (), and is formed such that the lower bracket downwardly extends to greater extent on an inner side thereof as viewed in a lateral direction of the vehicle () than on an outer side thereof to have an axis of rotation of the bearing and a king pin axis () coincided with each other (FIG.).