Patent ID: 8616567

Claim:
A vehicle suspension apparatus comprising: a wheel carrying member adapted to rotatably carry a wheel; a pair of right and left wheel suspension members each including a lateral link having one end mounted to the wheel carrying member; a subframe installed to couple the right and left wheel suspension members together; and a stabilizer, wherein the subframe includes: a cross member installed to extend in a vehicle widthwise direction and provided with a lateral-link support portion supporting the other end of the lateral link; a pair of right and left side members each extending from a respective one of opposite vehicle-widthwise outer ends of the cross member, in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a pair of right and left reinforcing members each reinforcing a coupling section between the lateral-link support portion of the cross member or a vicinity thereof, and a respective one of the side members, and the stabilizer is installed at a position vertically higher than that of the cross member, the stabilizer having a stabilizer body provided to extend in the vehicle widthwise direction, and a pair of right and left extension portions each extending from a respective one of opposite right and left ends of the stabilizer body, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and wherein: each of the reinforcing members is provided with a stabilizer support section rollably supporting a corresponding one of the right and left ends of the stabilizer body; each of the extension portions has a distal end coupled to a corresponding one of the right and left wheel suspension members through a coupling link; and the distal end of each of the extension portions of the stabilizer is locked to a corresponding one of the wheel suspension members through the coupling link, at a vehicle-widthwise inner position with respect to the lateral-link support portion.