Wheel suspension
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorKlaus Wallgren
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Abstract
A wheel suspension (1), for a motor vehicle, having a hub carrier (2) for holding a wheel (3), a wheel-guiding link (4) for an articulated connection of the hub carrier (2) to a body (6), and a steering rod (8) for steering the wheel (3). The hub carrier (2) and the wheel-guiding link (4), for steering the wheel (3), are pivotally connected to each other such that the hub carrier (2) can be swiveled about a steering axis relative to the wheel-guiding link (4). The hub carrier (2) is directly connected to the wheel-guiding link (4), in a first connection area (20), and the hub carrier (2) is indirectly coupled to the wheel-guiding link (4), in a second connecting area (21), via an integral link (5) connected to a chassis element (12).
Claims14
A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle, the wheel suspension comprising:
- a hub carrier for holding a wheel;
- a wheel-guiding link having a body-side that is pivotally connected to a body of the vehicle, and the wheel-guiding link having first and second receptacles that are part of first and second connection areas, respectively, and the wheel-guiding link articulately connecting the hub carrier to the body;
- a steering means being pivotally connected to the hub carrier for steering the wheel;
- an elongate chassis element having a body-side end that is connected to the body;
- an integral link is pivotally connected to the chassis element and extends in a substantially vertical direction of the vehicle in an unsteered position of the wheel;
- the hub carrier and the wheel-guiding link, for steering the wheel, being pivotally connected to each other such that the hub carrier is pivotable about a steering axis relative to the wheel-guiding link;
- the hub carrier being directly connected to the first receptacle of the wheel-guiding link in the first connection area;
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- the hub carrier being indirectly coupled, via the integral link and the chassis element, to the second receptacle of the wheel-guiding link in the second connection area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.