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US 10,118,452 B2Granted
Motor vehicle wheel suspension
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTimothy Drotar, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
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Abstract
A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle including a wheel carrier supporting a wheel. The wheel carrier connected via at least one upper camber link, a lower control arm, and a lateral toe link to the vehicle body or subframe. A stabilizer rod connects to the wheel carrier. The wheel suspension including a damper unit and a spring unit wherein the stabilizer rod and the damper unit connect to the wheel carrier at a common connecting point.
Claims15
A wheel suspension comprising:
- a wheel carrier;
- an upper camber link;
- a lower control arm;
- a lateral toe link;
- a horizontally extending stabilizer rod;
- a damper;
- a spring unit wherein said stabilizer rod and said damper unit connect to said wheel carrier at a common point;
- and
- said upper camber link is located between said spring unit and a drive shaft.
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A wheel suspension comprising:
- a wheel carrier;
- an upper camber link;
- a lower control arm;
- a lateral toe link;
- a horizontally extending stabilizer rod;
- a damper;
- a spring unit;
- and
- a strut, connected to the stabilizer rod, said strut and damper connected to said wheel carrier at a common point wherein said strut extends at an angle to, and the common point is below, said stabilizer rod.
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A wheel suspension comprising:
- a wheel carrier;
- an upper camber link;
- a lower control arm;
- a lateral toe link;
- a horizontally extending stabilizer rod;
- a damper;
- a spring unit, said damper and said spring unit, in a direction of forward travel, arranged behind a wheel center, and said damper engages said wheel carrier and said spring unit engages said lower control arm;
- a strut, connected to the stabilizer rod, said strut and damper connected to the wheel carrier at a common point wherein said strut extends at an angle to, and the common point is below, the stabilizer rod;
- said upper camber link is located between said spring unit and a drive shaft;
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- said lower control arm connects to said wheel carrier via two joints located on opposing sides of a tubular region of said lower control arm, wherein said tubular region is positioned between respective side portions of said wheel carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.