US 12,350,987 B2
Suspension device
Hiroki Furuta, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/772,645.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-137785 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0074128 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. B60G 17/015 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0157 (2013.01) [B60G 2200/21 (2013.01); B60G 2204/422 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension device installed in a vehicle, the suspension device comprising:
a motor;
a torsion bar of which a first portion is linked to an output shaft of the motor and connected to a first end of the motor in an axial direction;
a linking member that is configured to link between a second portion of the torsion bar and an unsprung member; and
a support member that is configured to support the motor on a sprung structure via a first elastic member, and that is disposed such that the motor and the torsion bar integrally turn in a direction orthogonal to a first direction, about a position of the support member as a center of turning, the first direction is the axial direction of the torsion bar, the support member being provided on a second axial end of the motor opposite to the first axial end.