US 12,337,927 B2
Rear wheel suspension device
Takeshi Konno, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed by SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,948.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-200967 (JP), filed on Dec. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182854 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B62K 25/20 (2006.01); B62K 11/04 (2006.01); B62K 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 25/20 (2013.01) [B62K 11/04 (2013.01); B62K 2025/045 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rear wheel suspension device of a vehicle having a vehicle body frame, an engine and a rear wheel, the rear wheel suspension device comprising:
a swing arm being configured to rotatably support the rear wheel,
a rear cushion configured to be extended and contracted in accordance with swing of the swing arm;
a cushion lever coupled to a lower end portion of the rear cushion;
a cushion rod coupling the cushion lever and the swing arm;
an accumulator storing a working fluid that extends and contracts the cushion rod; and
an accumulator bracket supporting the accumulator,
wherein displacement of the swing arm adjusts a vehicle height of the vehicle body frame in accordance with extension and contraction of the cushion rod,
wherein a muffler pipe extends rearward from the engine along a side of the accumulator, and
wherein the accumulator bracket is configured to separate the accumulator and the muffler pipe.