US 12,065,006 B2
Suspension for vehicle
Jae Hyun Cho, Incheon (KR); and Sang Hoon Yoo, Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,740.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0032255 (KR), filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288988 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60G 11/16 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 11/15 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 11/16 (2013.01) [B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 11/15 (2013.01); B60G 2204/419 (2013.01); B60G 2204/43 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension for a vehicle, the suspension comprising:
a leaf spring provided at a suspension arm connecting a body frame to a knuckle;
a spring pad coupled to the leaf spring; and
a coil spring provided to be supported, at opposite ends of the coil spring, by a body member and the spring pad, the body member being located above the suspension arm;
wherein the leaf spring is arranged along a longitudinal direction of the suspension arm and configured to have a shape of a cantilever such that a first end of the leaf spring is coupled to the suspension arm and the spring pad is securely coupled to a second end of the leaf spring, the second end of the leaf spring corresponding to a free end of the cantilever.