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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Shigeki Furutani, Hiroshima, JP;
Atsushi Tsuge, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoki Ikeda, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshiharu Takahashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Susumu Sano, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshitada Toyoshima, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiromune Ohhashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshiaki Aoki, Hiroshima, JP;
Shigeki Furutani, Hiroshima, JP;
Atsushi Tsuge, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoki Ikeda, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshiharu Takahashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Susumu Sano, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshitada Toyoshima, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiromune Ohhashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshiaki Aoki, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
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.