Patent ID: 7581609
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: B60G,B62M

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising a body, a first suspension arm and a second suspension arm extending laterally outward from the body, the first suspension arm being positioned generally below the second suspension arm, the first suspension arm having a first end and a second end, the first suspension arm comprising a generally linear portion proximate the first end and a bent region proximate the second end, the first suspension arm also comprising an oval cross-section in which a vertical dimension is less than a dimension perpendicular to the vertical dimension, the second suspension arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first suspension arm and the first end of the second suspension arm being connected to the body, a steering member attached to the second end of the first suspension arm and the second end of the second suspension arm, the steering member being positioned lower than the body, the first suspension arm comprising a bent portion such that the first suspension arm has a bent shape of a fixed angle such that the first end is located vertically higher than the second end and the second suspension arm also comprising a bent portion such that the first suspension arm has a bent shape of a fixed angle such that the first end is located vertically higher than the second end, the bent portions of both the first and second suspension arms being located substantially at a first distance from a longitudinally extending center plane of the vehicle and the first and second suspension arms extending generally parallel to each other.