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US 10,759,243 B2Granted
Wheel suspension
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsClemens Hacker, Knut Heidsieck
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Abstract
A wheel suspension (1) for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier (3) which is mounted so that the wheel carrier (3) can pivot relative to a wheel-guiding control arm (4). The wheel-guiding control arm (4) includes a longitudinal control arm section (4a) with a forward body-side bearing (11) and a transverse control arm section (4b) with a rear body-side bearing (12). The rear body-side bearing (12) is designed as a ball joint.
Claims16
A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a wheel carrier that is pivotally mounted relative to a wheel-guiding control arm,
- the wheel-guiding control arm having a longitudinal control arm section with a forward body-side bearing and a transverse control arm section with a rear body-side bearing,
- wherein the rear body-side bearing is in a form of a ball joint, and an integral joint is connected, at one end, to the wheel carrier by a first hinge and, at the other end, to the wheel-guiding control arm by a second hinge, and
- when the wheel suspension is viewed from a transverse side, axes of the first and the second hinges of the integral joint intersect at a point located ahead of a wheel center in relation to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and when viewed from the transverse side, the axis of the second hinge of the integral joint, on a link side, is directed substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the wheel-guiding control arm.
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A wheel-guiding control arm, for mounting a wheel carrier of a wheel suspension, comprising:
- a longitudinal control arm section with a forward body-side bearing and a transverse control arm section with a rear body-side bearing,
- wherein the rear body-side bearing is a ball joint and an integral joint is connected, at one end, to the wheel carrier by a first hinge and, at the other end, to the wheel-guiding control arm by a second hinge, and
- when the wheel suspension is viewed from a transverse side, axes of the first and the second hinges of the integral joint intersect at a point located ahead of a wheel center in relation to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and when viewed from the transverse side, the axis of the second hinge of the integral joint, on a link side, is directed substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the wheel-guiding control arm.
A wheel suspension for a wheel of a motor vehicle, the wheel suspension comprising:
- a wheel carrier that is coupled to a wheel-guiding control arm such that the wheel carrier is pivotable relative to the wheel-guiding control arm;
- the wheel-guiding control arm having a longitudinal control arm section and a transverse control arm section, and the longitudinal control arm section being aligned in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and the transverse control arm section being aligned in a transverse direction of the vehicle;
- the longitudinal control arm section having one end fixed to one end of the transverse control arm section such that the wheel-guiding control arm is L-shaped, and an opposite end of the longitudinal control arm section having a forward body-side bearing and an opposite end of the transverse control arm section having a rear body-side bearing designed as a ball joint;
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- an integral joint is connected, at one end, to the wheel carrier by a first hinge and, at the other end, to the wheel-guiding control arm by a second hinge, and
- when the wheel suspension is viewed from a transverse side, axes of the first and the second hinges of the integral joint intersect at a point located ahead of a wheel center in relation to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and when viewed from the transverse side, the axis of the second hinge of the integral joint, on a link side, is directed substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the wheel-guiding control arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.