Patent ID: 7862060

Claim:
A front suspension apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a plurality of links suspending an axle member from a vehicle body to allow the axle member to move in a vertical direction of the vehicle, the axle member including a shaft portion rotatably supporting a front wheel, the plurality of links extending inwardly in a vehicle-width direction from the axle member, the plurality of links including: an upper arm member extending from a position above the shaft portion of the axle member to the vehicle body, and first and second lower link members each extending from a position below the shaft portion of the axle member to the vehicle body, the first and second lower link members being arranged: to dispose the second lower link member at a more rearward position than the first lower link member, to cause an imaginary straight line connecting a vehicle-body-side attaching point of the second lower link member with an axle-member-side attaching point of the second lower link member to have a smaller angle than that of an imaginary straight line connecting a vehicle-body-side attaching point of the first lower link member with an axle-member-side attaching point of the first lower link member relative to an imaginary straight line extending right in the vehicle-width direction, as viewed from above of the vehicle, to cause the imaginary straight line of the second lower link member to overlap with the shaft portion of the axle member, as viewed from above of the vehicle, to locate the axle-member-side attaching point of the second lower link member more downwardly than the axle-member-side attaching point of the first lower link member, and to locate the axle-member-side attaching point of the first lower link member more inwardly in the vehicle-width direction than the axle-member-side attaching point of the second lower link member, wherein the vehicle-body-side attaching point of the first lower link member is located at a more downward position than the axle-member-side attaching point of the first lower link member.