A torsion beam suspension capable of preventing a rapid change in rigidity at a connection portion between a trailing arm and a torsion beam is provided.

The present invention is a torsion beam suspension 100 including an upper member 10 and a lower member 20, and including right and left trailing arms 50 configured to include a pair of trailing arm configuration members 11 and the pair of lower members and configured to extend in a longitudinal, direction of a vehicle body and to be swingable in a vertical direction and a torsion beam 16 which is disposed between the right and left trailing arm configuration members the upper member 10. The lower member includes an upper connection 21 and a beam joint portion 22 inclined from the upper connection 21 to a bottom portion of the U-shaped cross section of the torsion beam and joined with the torsion beam.

A wheel carrier mounted on a rear axle body of a vehicle, which wheel carrier comprises a supporting plate and a bearing plate. The supporting plate coincides with a virtual king-pin axis and the properties of the supporting plate are such that the supporting plate may bend around the virtual king-pin axis in the area of a flexible supporting section. The bearing plate comprises a section with such properties that the section is allowed to deflect in a lateral direction of the vehicle. When a lateral force F.sub.lateral and a brake force F.sub.brake are applied to the wheel carrier, e.g. during cornering and braking, the properties of the supporting plate and the bearing plate create lateral force under steer and brake force under steer.

A vehicle suspension having a frame attachment portion attached to a saddle, first and second bolster springs mounted to spring mounts on an outboard side of the saddle and mounted on walls of a spring mount on an outboard side of an equalizing beam, and third and fourth bolster springs mounted to walls of a spring mount on an inboard side of the saddle and mounted to spring mounts on an inboard side of the equalizing beam, wherein upwardly extending flanges on the bottom of the first and second bolster sprints are mounted to each other using a common fastener, and wherein upwardly extending flanges on the bottom of the third and fourth bolster springs are mounted to each other with a common fastener.

The invention relates to a chassis link including a single-shell sheet metal main body, on which a plurality of bearing regions are formed for attaching bearing elements by which the main body can be connected to the bodywork and to a movable part of a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle. The main body includes two arms which merge into one another and define a main-body plane and a concave edge region of the main body. The concave edge region extends from a wheel-side bearing region towards a bodywork-side bearing region and is at an angle relative to the main-body plane. For such a chassis link having a high inherent stiffness and a low weight the invention proposes that the angled, concave edge region includes, along at least one curve length portion, at least one oblique surface which, when viewed in cross section, encloses an angle in the range of from 25 to 75 with a surface, adjacent thereto, of the angled, concave edge region. As a result, the inherent stiffness of the chassis link is increased for a maintained sheet metal thickness.

A wheel support for arrangement on a motor vehicle axle is disclosed on a multi-link axle having a flange for receiving a wheel hub and at least two receptacles for rotatable coupling to links, the wheel support being coupled to a trailing link by means of thermal joining, which wheel support is distinguished by the fact that the wheel support is configured as a welded component and has a main body region which has at least two sheet metal components which are coupled to one another by way of thermal joining.

A vibration damper includes a cylinder to which a clamp-shaped attachment part is fastened, wherein the attachment part has a tubular body which contacts an outer lateral surface of the cylinder and has at both ends thereof radial tabs which are spaced apart in circumferential direction and by which a pre-loading in circumferential direction is introduced in the tubular body by clamping devices, wherein the tubular body has an elongation portion oriented in circumferential direction of the lateral surface of the cylinder.

The present disclosure provides a structural member comprising an edge portion T.sub.1 and an edge portion T.sub.2 opposing the edge portion T.sub.1 in plan view in height direction (Z axis direction); when an axis direction connecting the edge portion T.sub.1 and the edge portion T.sub.2 is regarded as an X axis direction, the structural member includes, along the X axis direction, a region A including the edge portion T.sub.1, and a region B located on the edge portion T.sub.2 side than the region A and including the edge portion T.sub.2; in a cross-section perpendicular to the X axis direction, the region A includes a closed cross-section portion A whose outer rim shape is one closed cross-section A; and the region B includes a closed cross-section portion B satisfying a predetermined (i) or (ii).

A fabricated torque arm for use in a vehicle suspension, including a rod having a solid rectangular cross-section, the rod having a first end and an oppositely disposed second end, a first bushing hub, and wherein the rod is only a single piece cut from a metal plate or sheet, wherein the first bushing hub comprises cut tubing, wherein the first end of the rod has a radius that conforms to an outer surface of the first bushing hub, and wherein the first end of the rod is welded to the outer surface of the first bushing hub.

A damper mount comprises an isolator coupled to a housing. The isolator comprises an inner core, an outer shell, and an elastomeric body positioned therebetween. The inner core includes a first plate coupled to a second plate. The first plate includes a circumferentially extending outer wall. The second plate includes a flange positioned in engagement with the outer wall. The outer shell includes a circumferentially extending wall circumscribing the inner core. The elastomeric body is bonded to the outer shell as well as the first plate and the second plate of the inner core. The circumferentially extending outer wall of the first plate and the circumferentially extending wall of the outer shell extend substantially parallel to one another with a portion of the elastomeric body positioned therebetween.

A suspension assembly for a vehicle includes a lower alignment arm, an upper alignment arm, and a linear force element. The lower alignment arm includes a first portion, second portion, a third portion, and a linear force element mount. The linear force element mount includes a bearing for pivotably coupling the linear force element to the lower alignment arm.