Suspension

DRIVE April 13, 2005
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A suspension for use with a vehicle having a first pair of front left wheel and front right wheel (10) and a second pair of rear left wheel and rear right wheel. The suspension includes a left lower arm and a right lower arm (16; 80; 100) corresponding to the left wheel and the right wheel of at least one pair of the first and second pairs, respectively; and a stabilizer bar (18) which is provided between the left wheel and the right wheel. The left lower arm, the right lower arm (16; 80; 100), and the stabilizer bar (18) are provided such that at least when the suspension fully rebounds, at least a portion of a first cross section of each of opposite wheel-side portions (36) of the stabilizer bar that are located on respective sides of the left wheel and the right wheel (10) is positioned below a straight line (Lh) connecting between respective upper ends of two portions (33) of a second cross section of a corresponding one of the left lower arm and the right lower arm. The first and second cross sections are taken along a plane perpendicular to an axis line (Ls) of the each wheel-side portion of the stabilizer bar. The two portions of the second cross section are located on either side of at least the portion of the first cross section.

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