US 12,134,297 B2
Rear suspension construction
Hideki Hirai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/456,886.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-141270 (JP), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075786 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 21/05 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 21/052 (2013.01) [B60G 2200/21 (2013.01); B60G 2204/41 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rear suspension construction for supporting a rear wheel of a vehicle, comprising:
a hub carrier comprising a wheel support part rotatably supporting the rear wheel; a front arm part extending toward an inner side of the vehicle on a front side of the vehicle relative to an axle of the rear wheel; and a rear arm part extending on a rear side of the vehicle relative to the axle of the rear wheel;
a lateral beam extending in a vehicle width direction on the rear side of the vehicle relative to the axle and joined to the rear arm part;
a trailing arm extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and comprising a vehicle rear end portion joined to at least one of the hub carrier and the lateral beam;
a first bush joining a vehicle front end portion of the trailing arm to a vehicle body;
a second bush joining the front arm part to a front arm attachment part disposed on the trailing arm; and
a third bush coupling the vehicle rear end portion of the trailing arm to the at least one of the hub carrier and the lateral beam,
wherein a first support shaft of the first bush and a second support shaft of the second bush have respectively axial directions oriented differently from each other,
wherein the second bush has a fixing hole for fixing the second support shaft fitted in a center of the second bush, and
wherein at least part of the fixing hole of the second bush is disposed on a phantom line connecting the first bush and the third bush.