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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Ntn Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Shiro Tamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 21/05 (2006.01); B60G 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60G 9/02 (2013.01); B60G 21/051 (2013.01); B60K 7/00 (2013.01); B60G 2200/20 (2013.01); B60G 2200/462 (2013.01); B60G 2204/182 (2013.01); B60G 2206/20 (2013.01); B60G 2300/50 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0038 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0046 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suspension structure includes a pair of trailing arms () each having at its front end a pivot () that is attached to a vehicle body, a beam member () connecting the pair of trailing arms, and a pair of in-wheel motor drive devices () coupled and fixed to rear end regions of the trailing arms. The position of the pivot () in a lateral direction of a vehicle is included in a range A, B, and C from an inner end to an outer end of the in-wheel motor drive device () in the lateral direction of the vehicle.