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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 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); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B60G 21/05 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B60G 21/051 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60G 2200/21 (2013.01); B60G 2200/422 (2013.01); B60G 2204/182 (2013.01); B60G 2300/50 (2013.01); B60K 17/043 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0038 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suspension structure includes a pair of trailing arms (), a beam member () connecting the pair of trailing arms, a bracket () connected to a rear end region of the trailing arm, and an in-wheel motor drive device () coupled and fixed to the bracket. The in-wheel motor drive device () is located above the rear end region of the trailing arm (), and a lower side of the in-wheel motor drive device () is covered by the rear end region of the trailing arm () and the bracket ().