US 12,214,642 B2
Fluid bump stop system for a multilink suspension
Hugo Robinson, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 18/293,166
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/071090
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 29, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/006822, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2110778 (GB), filed on Jul. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0253410 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 7/04 (2006.01); B60G 3/20 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 7/04 (2013.01) [B60G 3/20 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B60G 2204/15 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 17/16 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
fluid bump stop mounting brackets each configured to receive a fluid bump stop;
a rear subframe for a multilink rear suspension arrangement of a vehicle having a unibody chassis; and
lower arms of the multilink rear suspension arrangement of the vehicle;
wherein the rear subframe extends laterally and comprises an upper spring seat at each lateral side of the rear subframe,
wherein each upper spring seat is configured to receive an upper end of a spring,
wherein the rear subframe comprises a central mounting space for a drivetrain component,
wherein the rear subframe further comprises one or more lower arm mounting points at each lateral side of the rear subframe, for the lower arms,
wherein each lower arm comprises a lower spring seat configured to receive a lower end of the spring,
wherein either the lower spring seats or the upper spring seats comprise the fluid bump stop mounting brackets, and
wherein the other of the lower spring seats or the upper spring seats comprise bump stop landing pads each configured to contact one of the fluid bump stops when suspension compression is above a threshold.