Vehicle wheel suspensions
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRalf HINTZEN, Friedrich Peter WOLF-MONHEIM
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Abstract
A wheel suspension for a vehicle may include a wheel carrier and a torsionally stiff transverse control arm. The control arm may include a first front joint element and a first rear joint element pivotably mounted to the wheel carrier. The first front joint element may include a moveable bearing configured to transmit forces only in a direction that is parallel to a vertical axis of the vehicle.
Claims19
A wheel suspension for a vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel carrier;
- and
- a torsionally stiff transverse control arm,
- wherein the control arm comprises a first front joint element and a first rear joint element pivotably mounted to the wheel carrier, and
- wherein the first front joint element comprises a moveable bearing configured to transmit forces only in a direction that is parallel to a vertical axis of the vehicle.
The wheel suspension of clam 3, further comprising a material inserted between an outer face of the extension and an inner face of the recess for reducing surface friction between the extension and the recess.
A wheel suspension for a vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel carrier disposed within an internal space of a rear wheel of the vehicle;
- and
- a torsionally stiff transverse control arm pivotably mounted to the wheel carrier and extending between the wheel carrier and a frame rail of the vehicle, the control arm being pivotably mounted to the wheel carrier via first front and rear joint elements and pivotably mounted to the frame rail via second front and rear joint elements;
- wherein the first front joint element comprises a moveable bearing configured to transmit forces only in a direction that is parallel to a vertical axis of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.