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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2011
Yoko Takanashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Masashi Ando, Fukuyama, JP;
Toshiyuki Yokota, Okayama, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiruta Kogyo Co., Ltd., Okayama, JP;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle suspension support structure including a lower arm () formed by, for example, a lower armrotatably supporting a knuckle for a front wheel, and a shock absorber attenuating vibration of the lower arm (), wherein a lower end of the shock absorber is rotatably supported by a support bracketthat is welded to an upper face of the lower arm () formed by, for example, the lower arm, and wherein in the upper face of the lower arm (), a bulged portionis formed where a weld target portion to which an end of the support bracketis welded is formed to bulge upwards as compared to the periphery thereof.