US 12,434,522 B2
Spring guide and suspension device
Kenta Kurihara, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to KYB CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/760,351
Filed by KYB Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/002779
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/161784, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-020839 (JP), filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067151 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 15/063 (2013.01) [B60G 2202/312 (2013.01); B60G 2204/1242 (2013.01); B60G 2204/128 (2013.01); B60G 2800/162 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spring guide that is attached to a shock absorber provided between a vehicle body and a wheel, and supports the vehicle body via a coil spring, the spring guide comprising:
a main body portion on which the coil spring is placed, the main body portion being formed of a resin material, the main body portion being configured to support the vehicle body via the coil spring;
a covering portion that covers an anti-spring side of the main body portion opposite to a spring side of the main body portion where the coil spring is placed; and
a support portion that is integrally molded with the main body portion between the main body portion and an end portion of the coil spring, the support portion covering an entire region of the spring side of the main body portion, wherein
the covering portion is formed of a material having a physical property different from that of the resin material forming the main body portion.