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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2006
Mitsuru Inoue, Tochigi, JP;
Fumio Kikuchi, Tochigi, JP;
Yutaka Hozumi, Saitama, JP;
Jun Matsuike, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuru Inoue, Tochigi, JP;
Fumio Kikuchi, Tochigi, JP;
Yutaka Hozumi, Saitama, JP;
Jun Matsuike, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular suspension arm is provided in which an arm main body () includes a main plate () press-formed as a main part of the arm main body and having a short cylindrical part (EB) provided integrally with one end by flanging, and a reinforcing plate (H) superimposed on one of upper and lower faces of the main plate () and reinforcing the main plate (). The reinforcing plate (H) has an eye-shaped head part (Ha) formed in an annular shape and arranged coaxially with the short cylindrical part (EB), and a tail part (Hb) extending integrally from the eye-shaped head part (Ha) along the longitudinal direction of the main plate (), is formed from a single plate material that is thicker than the main plate (), and has at least the tail part (Hb) welded to the main plate (). A bush press-fit portion (P) is formed from an inner peripheral face of the eye-shaped head part (Ha) and an inner peripheral face of the short cylindrical part (EB). This ensures that the cross-sectional shape of a transition section from the bush press-fit portion to the plate-type arm main body is adequate, thus enabling the rigidity and strength required for the transition section to be easily guaranteed and, furthermore, it becomes possible to meet a requirement for increasing the strength of the arm without specially increasing the space around the outer periphery of the bush press-fit portion.