A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a wheel house provided at a side face portion of a vehicle-body rear portion, a side frame extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the wheel house, a suspension comprising a damper provided to extend in a vehicle vertical direction for damping a vertical load inputted from a wheel thereto and a bump stopper provided on a shaft center of the damper, and a suspension housing including a support face portion for supporting the damper and provided to connect the side frame and the wheel house, wherein the suspension housing comprises a peripheral wall portion which is provided to extend downward from the support face portion and enclose the bump stopper at least partially.

The invention relates to a spring support for a coil spring (15), comprising an annular receiving element (5) having a top side and a bottom side, wherein the top side is provided to receive one end of the coil spring (15), and comprising an annular damping element (3), which is in contact with the bottom side of the receiving element (5), wherein the damping element (3) furthermore has on its inside a collar which extends from the bottom side of the receiving element (5) in the direction of the coil spring (15), and wherein the collar is formed by bending from a disk-shaped basic form of the damping element (3). The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a spring support according to the invention, in which a disk-shaped damping element (3) is first of all placed in a casting mold, and an annular receiving element (5) is then produced by being molded or injection-molded to the damping element (3), with the result that the bottom side of the receiving element (5) is in contact with the annular damping element (3).

A torsion axle assembly for supporting of a vehicle body on an undercarriage, including an elongated inner member having an inner member longitudinal axis; a torsion arm interconnected with the elongated inner member and the undercarriage; an elongated enclosure interconnected with the vehicle body and having an interior space; and resilient polymeric material residing within the interior space to support the elongated inner member within the interior space, such that the inner member longitudinal axis resides at an unloaded camber angle to an elongated enclosure longitudinal axis when none of the weight of the vehicle body is borne by the torsion axle assembly and at a loaded camber angle when the weight of the vehicle body is borne by the torsion axle assembly, such that the unloaded camber angle is greater than the loaded camber angle. A vehicle having such a torsion axle assembly and a method are disclosed.

A vehicle cab suspension is provided with a body having a mounting member positioned at least partially within the body. One or more resilient members connect the body to the mounting member and are placed in a compressed condition between the body and the mounting member when the vehicle cab suspension is in an unloaded condition. The body may be formed of first and second body pieces, each of which may be provided with upper and/or lower projections to restrict movement of the resilient members during use.

An upper mount assembly for a shock absorber of an automotive vehicle. The upper mount assembly comprises a top plate and a bottom plate spaced from the top plate. The top and bottom plates are fixedly secured to the vehicle and operatively coupled to the shock absorber. An inner hub is seated between the top and bottom plate. A damper is supported by the inner hub between the top and bottom plate for cooperating with the shock absorber. The damper includes a plurality of spaced apart grooves formed therein for selectively varying the spring rate of the damper to absorb loads from the shock absorber.

A suspension stop device provides an upper contact cap, a lower support cap and at least one bearing arranged between the caps. The upper contact cap provides a centering portion for a damper pad, inside which the pad, which is external to the device, is intended to be mounted. The centering portion extends axially inside a bore in the lower support cap.

A lower-side spring receiving member is adapted to receive a compression spring provided with an effective part, end turn parts which do not elastically deform, and rising parts located between the effective part and the end turn parts, at a lower side of the compression spring. The lower-side spring receiving member is provided with a contact part which is formed to protrude outward from an end at one side in the extending direction thereof, and which is in contact with the rising part so as not to form a gap between the contact part and the rising part. The contact part is in contact with the rising part of the compression spring by an elastic force caused by elastic deformation, regardless of a load on the compression spring.

A trailer frame including an axle section having two spaced longitudinal frame members connected by at least one cross member, the longitudinal frame members each having a first end and a second end; a rear section attachable to the axle section; and a dimple assemble joining the axle section to the rear section, the dimple assembly including a dimple pattern formed on each frame member of the axle assembly, the dimple pattern on the axle assembly defining a first dimple axis, and a dimple pattern formed on one end of the rear section and nestable within the dimple pattern formed on the axle section, the dimple pattern on the rear section defining a second dimple axis offset relative to the first dimple axis to create a camber between the axle section and the rear section when the first dimple is nested within the second dimple pattern.

The present invention relates to a stopper (10) for vehicle which is disposed between a vehicle body side member (31) and a wheel side member (32) to restrict a relative amount of movement of both members (31, 32). The stopper includes a cylindrical holding member (11) attached to one of both members (31, 32), and an elastic body (12) which faces the other of both members (31, 32). A folded-back portion (18) bent outward in the radial direction of the holding member (11) and folded back is formed in the holding member (11).