US 12,285,982 B2
Suspension system for a vehicle
Sang Hoon Yoo, Anyang-si (KR); Byeong Gu Jang, Yeongcheon-si (KR); and Mu Geun Choi, Yeongcheon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and DMC, INC, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and DMC, INC, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,434.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0174013 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190195 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 11/16 (2013.01) [B60G 2200/142 (2013.01); B60G 2202/12 (2013.01); B60G 2204/1244 (2013.01); B60G 2206/7104 (2013.01); B60G 2206/73 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension system for a vehicle, the suspension system comprising:
a spring pad coupled to a spring connecting a suspension arm to a vehicle body member and configured to support the spring, wherein the spring pad comprises:
a guide coupled to the vehicle body member and including a cup portion having a concave recess formed therein; and
an elastic pad coupled to the guide and configured to allow an end portion of the spring to be coupled thereto,
wherein the elastic pad is configured to move along the guide while varying a length thereof in an event of bump and rebound,
wherein the vehicle body member is formed in a shape corresponding to the cup portion and directly coupled to the cup portion of the guide,
wherein the guide comprises a circular flange portion extending horizontally from an upper end of the cup portion, and the circular flange portion is in contact with an inner surface of the cup portion and an upper surface of the circular flange portion,
wherein the guide further comprises:
a cover portion extending downwards from an edge of the circular flange portion; and
a receiving portion formed between the cup portion and the cover portion to be open downwards, and
wherein an upper end of the elastic pad is inserted into the receiving portion to be coupled to the guide.