Patent ID: 6755429
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B60G,B62D

Abstract:
An independent suspension for a rear road wheel of an automotive vehicle, comprising:a subframe attached to a vehicle body; a hub carrier with a wheel hub rotatably attached thereto, with said wheel hub defining a wheel center; a laterally extending lower control arm having an inner end and an outer end, with said inner end being pivotably attached to said subframe at a first attachment point leading the wheel center and at a second attachment point trailing the wheel center, with the outer end of the lower control arm being pivotably attached to a lower portion of said hub carrier at a third attachment point trailing the wheel center, and with said lower control arm having a fourth attachment point located at its outer end and leading the wheel center; an internal support link extending upwardly between said fourth attachment point of said lower control arm and a forward portion of said hub carrier; a laterally extending upper control arm having an inner end and an outer end, with said inner end being pivotably attached at a single point to said subframe, and with said outer end of the upper control arm attached to said hub carrier such that the outer end of the upper control arm lies in a transverse vertical plane containing said wheel center; and a laterally extending toe link having a first end pivotably attached to said subframe at a location under said first attachment point of said lower control arm and a second end pivotably attached to said hub carrier in front of and below said wheel center.