Front axle for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMartin Hoffman, Walter Schaible
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Abstract
A front axle for a motor vehicle is connected with a leaf spring mounted transversely to the vehicle. The spring is mounted on a cross member by elastic bearings located on both sides of a lengthwise central axis of the vehicle, and connected by these bearings to the vehicle body. A leaf spring is connected at its free ends with an A-arm and is mounted pivotably on a cross member secured to the body. Between the two pivot bearings of the A-arm in the cross member, the leaf spring is secured elastically in a spring bearing.
Claims10
Front axle for a motor vehicle comprising at least one leaf spring disposed transversely to a longitudinal central axis of the vehicle, said leaf spring being mounted pivotably to a cross member operatively secured to a vehicle body by elastic spring bearings located on each side of the longitudinal central axis of the vehicle, wherein free ends of the leaf spring are connected with a respective A-arm, pivotably on the cross member, the leaf spring being held in the elastic spring bearings between pivot bearings of the A-arm and the cross member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.