Wheel Suspension For A Vehicle
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsMetin Ersoy, Andreas Gartner, Thomas Rosemeier
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Abstract
A wheel suspension is provided for a vehicle (7), with a carrier element (5), a wheel carrier (1) arranged at a spaced location from the carrier element (5) and a wheel (14) mounted rotatably on the wheel carrier (1). The wheel carrier (1) is connected to the carrier element (5) via a first guide (3; 17) and a first pivotable connection (10) and the wheel carrier (1) is connected to the carrier element (5) via a second guide (2; 4) and a second pivotable connection (8; 12). A first angle-measuring device (27, 28) is integrated in the first pivotable connection (10) and a second angle-measuring device (44, 45) is integrated in the second pivotable connection (8; 12).
Claims20
1-19. (canceled)
A wheel suspension for a vehicle, the wheel suspension comprising:
- a carrier element;
- a wheel carrier arranged at a spaced location from said carrier element;
- a wheel mounted rotatably at said wheel carrier;
- a first guide means;
- a first pivotable connection means;
- a second guide means;
- a second pivotable connection means, said wheel carrier being connected to said carrier element via said first guide means and via said first pivotable connection means, said wheel carrier being connected to said carrier element via said second guide means and via said second pivotable connection means;
- a first angle-measuring device integrated in said first pivotable connection means;
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- a second angle-measuring device integrated in said second pivotable connection means.
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body construction;
- a wheel suspension connected to said vehicle body construction, said wheel suspension comprising a carrier element forming a part of said vehicle body construction, a wheel carrier arranged at a spaced location from said carrier element, a wheel mounted rotatably at said wheel carrier, a first guide means, a first pivotable connection means, a second guide means, a second pivotable connection means, said wheel carrier being connected to said carrier element via said first guide means and via said first pivotable connection means, said wheel carrier being connected to said carrier element via said second guide means and via said second pivotable connection means;
- a first angle-measuring device integrated in said first pivotable connection means;
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- a second angle-measuring device integrated in said second pivotable connection means.
A process for using a wheel suspension, the process comprising the steps of:
- providing a wheel suspension connected to a vehicle body construction, said wheel suspension comprising a carrier element, a wheel carrier arranged at a spaced location from said carrier element, a wheel mounted rotatably at said wheel carrier, a first guide means, a first pivotable connection means, a second guide means, a second pivotable connection means, said wheel carrier being connected to said carrier element via said first guide means and via said first pivotable connection means, said wheel carrier being connected to said carrier element via said second guide means and via said second pivotable connection means;
- providing a first angle-measuring device integrated in said first pivotable connection means;
- providing a second angle-measuring device integrated in said second pivotable connection means
- determining a first measured value by means of said first angle-measuring device;
- determining a second measured value by means of said second angle-measuring device;
- and
- determining a track angle and a king pin angle of the wheel based on the two measured values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.