Patent ID: 7472772

Claim:
A structure for installing a rear cushion in a rear suspension, comprising: a rear swing arm, a front end of which is supported so as to be freely rock-able on a vehicle body side through a pivot shaft, and a rear wheel of which is supported at a rear end; a cushion bracket provided on a upper portion of said rear swing arm on a front end side; a link for coupling a lower front end portion of said rear swing arm to the vehicle body side; and an upper portion of said rear cushion supported by said cushion bracket, and a lower portion of said rear cushion supported by said link, wherein said cushion bracket extends forwardly of and rearwardly of the upper portion of said rear cushion, both a forward end portion and a rearward end portion of the cushion bracket are coupled to said rear swing arm, and wherein the upper portion of said rear cushion is supported by an intermediate portion of the cushion bracket in a back-and-forth direction, the rear swing arm including a pair of left and right arm portions, the cushion bracket including a pair of left and right cushion brackets, front end portions of the left and the right cushion brackets being coupled to a first cross member, rear end portions of the left and the right cushion brackets being coupled to a second cross member, the first and the second cross members being provided at an interval in the back-and-forth direction between upper portions of said left and right arm portions on the front end sides, wherein the upper portion of said rear cushion is supported between said left and right cushion brackets, the rear cushion having a subsidiary cylinder arranged in a space enclosed by said left and right cushion brackets on lateral sides thereof, and enclosed by said first and second cross members forward and rearward thereof.