Wheel suspension

A wheel suspension in which wheel carriers of mutually oppositely disposed wheels are connected each with a guide member which is pivotally connected at a relatively fixed part so as to be displaceable in the generally vertical direction, and in which the guide member of each wheel is operatively connected with the free end of a leaf spring means that extends substantially transversely to the vehicle longitudinal axis and is supported at the fixed part, and in which said leaf spring means, in addition to its function as wheel spring, also serves as stabilizer, comprising guide arm means operatively connecting the free ends of the leaf spring means with the guide members at a distance to the latter, elastic bearing support means for retaining the guide arm means so as to be relatively movable and pivotal with respect to the guide members, and clamping means at the ends of the guide arm means opposite the elastic bearing support means for clampingly fastening the leaf spring means,

• wherein the guide members are formed by cross guide members,
• in which the relatively fixed part is part of the vehicle body which includes a bearer means, and wherein the center area of the leaf spring means is elastically clamped-in between two bearing support means, said bearing support means being arranged at said bearer means at a distance to the vehicle longitudinal axis,
• wherein aid bearing support means include elements elastically surrounding the leaf spring means, and bearing shells arranged mutually oppositely and constructed of arcuate shape in the vehicle transverse direction for retaining therebetween the elastic elements,
• wherein said bearer means includes walls which, within the center area of the bearing support means, have an arcuate configuration in the transverse direction corresponding to the bearing shells and which form-lockingly receive the bearing shells, and
• wherein the guide arm means extends generally vertically from the cross guide member, the leaf spring mens being held at its end of the free upper end of the guide arm means and this area of the leaf spring means assuming a position above the cross guide member.