Patent ID: 7559563

Claim:
A suspension apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a stabilizer bar including a torsion bar portion and two arm portions extending from opposite ends of the torsion bar portion; a hydraulic cylinder including a cylinder body, a piston, and a piston rod; a lever for connecting one of the arm portions to the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder; a separate connector articulatedly connecting the lever to the cylinder body, and wherein a connection point between the lever and the separate connector forms a rotation fulcrum of the lever; wherein the rotation fulcrum of the lever is set such that a stroke of the piston rod is smaller than that of the one arm portion; and wherein a connection point between the one arm portion and the lever is a first connection point, wherein a connection point between the piston rod and the lever is a second connection point, and wherein said connection point between said separate connector and said lever is a third connection point, and further wherein said second connection point is between said first connection point and said third connection point.