REAR SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY FOR AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE

摘要

A vehicle has a frame, driver and passenger seats, two front and two rear suspension assemblies, two front and two rear wheels, and a motor operatively connected to the at least two wheels. Each rear suspension assembly has a trailing arm having a front end pivotally connected to the frame; a knuckle pivotally connected to a rear portion of the trailing arm; a lower link having a laterally outward end pivotally connected to the trailing arm and a laterally inward end pivotally connected to the frame; an upper link having a laterally outward end pivotally connected to the trailing arm and a laterally inward end pivotally connected to the frame; and a toe link having a laterally outward end pivotally connected to the knuckle and a laterally inward end pivotally connected to the frame.

主权项

1. A vehicle comprising:
a frame; a driver seat connected to the frame; a passenger seat connected to the frame, the passenger seat being disposed beside the driver seat; a front left suspension assembly connected to the frame; a front left wheel operatively connected to the front left suspension assembly; a front right suspension assembly connected to the frame; a front right wheel operatively connected to the front right suspension assembly; a rear left suspension assembly connected to the frame; a rear left wheel operatively connected to the rear left suspension assembly; a rear right suspension assembly connected to the frame; a rear right wheel operatively connected to the rear right suspension assembly; a rear differential operatively connected to the rear left wheel and the rear right wheel, the rear differential defining a laterally extending rear differential axis; and a motor operatively connected to the rear differential, the motor driving the right rear wheel and the left rear wheel via the rear differential; each of the rear left suspension assembly and the rear right suspension assembly comprising:
a trailing arm having a front end pivotally connected to the frame;a knuckle pivotally connected to a rear portion of the trailing arm; a lower link having a laterally outward end pivotally connected to the trailing arm and a laterally inward end pivotally connected to the frame;
an upper link having a laterally outward end pivotally connected to the trailing arm and a laterally inward end pivotally connected to the frame; anda toe link having a laterally outward end pivotally connected to the knuckle and a laterally inward end pivotally connected to the frame,the lower link, the upper link and the toe link being disposed completely behind the rear differential axis.