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US 11,633,995 B2Granted
Wheel suspension for a vehicle axle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorDominik Mohrlock
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Abstract
A wheel suspension for a vehicle axle of a two-track vehicle, having a wheel carrier carrying a vehicle wheel, which is able to be articulated to a vehicle body via a multi-link assembly, which multi-link assembly has a trapezoidal link in the form of a four-point link with two connection points on the body side and two connection points on the wheel carrier side. The trapezoidal link connection points on the wheel carrier side are designed with a higher elastic longitudinal compliance, that is, softer, than the trapezoidal link connection points on the body side.
Claims16
A wheel suspension for a vehicle axle of a two-track vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel carrier carrying a vehicle wheel, which is able to be articulated to a vehicle body via a multi-link assembly, which multi-link assembly has a trapezoidal link in the form of a four-point link with two connection points on the body side and with two connection points on the wheel carrier side, wherein both trapezoidal link connection points on the wheel carrier side are designed with greater elastic longitudinal compliance, that is, softer, than the trapezoidal link connection points on the body side, and wherein, when a longitudinal force acts on the vehicle wheel, the wheel carrier is displaceable by a longitudinal path in the vehicle's longitudinal direction with respect to the trapezoidal link, wherein the multi-link assembly is articulated to a subframe via the connection points on the body side, and wherein the subframe is connected to the vehicle body via a subframe bearing, and wherein the subframe, or the trapezoidal link carries an electric machine, drivingly connected to the vehicle wheel via a drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.