Patent ID: 8052160
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle suspension apparatus comprising: a knuckle designed for attachment of a wheel thereto, the knuckle having an extension portion extending inwardly in a vehicle width direction and disposed above a central axis of the wheel; an upper arm and a plurality of lower arms for swingably supporting the knuckle, the arms being interposed between the knuckle and a vehicle body; a stabilizer for stabilizing the vehicle body, a tip of the stabilizer being operatively attached to the knuckle, the stabilizer configured and arranged so as to be supported by the vehicle body; and a damper unit for softening shocks to the vehicle body, the damper unit being interposed between the vehicle body and the knuckle; wherein the upper arm, the damper unit, and the stabilizer are connected in this order to the knuckle from outside the vehicle body towards the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction; wherein the damper unit and the stabilizer are connected in order to the extension portion of the knuckle from outside the vehicle body towards the vehicle body; and wherein a point of connection of the damper unit to the knuckle and a point of connection of the stabilizer to the knuckle are disposed one behind the other with a virtual kingpin disposed therebetween in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle when the vehicle suspension apparatus is viewed in side elevation.