Patent ID: 7699326

Claim:
An in-wheel suspension, comprising: a tire/wheel assembly support member that supports a tire/wheel assembly; a vehicle body-side member that supports the tire/wheel assembly support member via a sliding mechanism such that the tire/wheel assembly support member can move in a substantially vertical direction; and at least one of a spring element and an attenuation element that is arranged between the tire/wheel assembly support member and the vehicle body-side member, wherein the vehicle body-side member is coupled with a vehicle body at least two coupling portions, one of which is positioned above a wheel center and the other of which is positioned below the wheel center, via respective elastic members, and at least one of a structure (a) and a structure (b) is provided, wherein (a) the elastic member arranged at the upper coupling portion has portions with high rigidity, and portions with low rigidity formed in an oblique direction that extend upward and toward an inside of a vehicle from a position outside of the vehicle; and (b) the elastic member arranged at the lower coupling portion has portions with high rigidity, and portions with low rigidity formed in an oblique direction that extend downward and toward the inside of the vehicle from a position outside of the vehicle.