Vehicle rear wheel suspension with track control
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorFRIEDRICH PETER WOLF-MONHEIM
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Abstract
An independent wheel suspension of a rear wheel of a motor vehicle, includes a control arm and a controllable actuator. The control arm is able to be articulated to a chassis of the motor vehicle and is able to be connected to a wheel carrier. The actuator is able to be fastened to the chassis and is able to be operatively connected to a front outer end of the control arm. According to the disclosure, when the actuator is controlled, said actuator is provided to carry out a length alteration which is substantially aligned in a direction parallel to a straight-ahead direction of travel.
Claims16
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a suspension supported by the chassis, the suspension including a rear wheel having a wheel carrier;
- the suspension including a control arm having an inner end articulated with the chassis and an end connected to the wheel carrier, the control arm having a front end spaced from the inner end and the end;
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- the suspension including an actuator elongated in a direction of travel of the vehicle from an end fastened to the chassis to a remote end connected to the front end of the control arm, the actuator extendable along the direction of travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.