Patent ID: 8286980

Claim:
A trailing arm type suspension for a vehicle having a vehicle longitudinal direction and a vehicle lateral direction, the vehicle longitudinal direction defining forward and rearward directions with respect to the vehicle, and the vehicle lateral direction defining left and right directions with respect to the vehicle, the trailing arm type suspension comprising a pair of right and left trailing arms which extend in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein: the pair of right and left trailing arms are individually disposed on respective right and left sides of a fuel tank; on at least one of the left and right sides of the fuel tank, a reinforcing bar for connecting a suspension member to a connecting portion of a vehicle body frame is disposed between the fuel tank and the respective trailing arm, the suspension member being positioned rearwardly of the respective trailing arm, and the connecting portion of the vehicle body frame being positioned forwardly of the suspension member; and on the at least one of the left and right sides of the fuel tank, the reinforcing bar and the respective trailing arm are arranged side by side at substantially the same height, and the reinforcing bar and the respective trailing arm overlap each other as viewed in the lateral direction.