Wheel suspension
AssigneeMuhr und Bender KG
InventorsKarl-Heinz Muhr, Leo Schnaubelt
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Abstract
A wheel suspension having a helical spring leg and transverse control with a shock absorber located inside of the spring arm is shown and described. The spring when in its unloaded state has an "S" shaped center line and may be curved in more than one plane. The center line of the spring when relaxed is not of a constant radius.
Claims13
A wheel suspension comprising a spring leg, which is connected to the body on the one end and the wheel on the other and having a helical compression spring, a shock absorber, and a transverse control arm, wherein in an unloaded state the spring center line of said helical compression spring has an approximately S-shaped course.
A helical compression spring, in particular for a wheel suspension having a spring leg, which is connected at one end to the vehicle body and the other to said wheel and has the helical compression spring and a shock absorber, and having a transverse control arm, wherein in an unloaded state, said has spring and S-shaped curved spring center line.
A helical compression spring as defined by claim 10, wherein said spring center line is curved in only one plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.