Wheel suspension for a front axle of an automobile and method of making same

A wheel suspension assembly for a vehicle, comprising:

• a steering gear,
• a pulled-up drag link,
• a swingable upper transverse link having a bearing,
• a swingable lower transverse ling having a bearing, the upper and lower transverse links being positioned on the pulled-up drag link by the respective bearings,
• a steering tie rod arranged with the lower transverse link below a rotation axis of a wheel,
• a geometric swiveling axis and an elastokinematic swiveling axis being created,
• the bearing of the upper transverse link and a bearing of the steering tie rod being located, in relation to a direction of vehicle movement, behind a vertical transverse plane of the center of the wheel,
• the bearing of the lower transverse link being arranged, in relation to the direction of vehicle movement, forward of the vertical transverse plane of the center of the wheel, and
• a shock absorber leg having an upper end swingably supported in a step bearing, which is connected to a vehicle assembly,
• wherein a front drag bearing and a rear drag bearing of the upper transverse link form an upper link swiveling axis, the drag bearings of the upper link being received on the step bearing and the upper link swiveling axis inclining upwards in the direction of vehicle movement,
• wherein a front drag bearing and a rear drag bearing of the lower transverse link form a lower link swiveling axis, the lower link swiveling axis inclining downwards in the direction of vehicle movement so that a pitch pole for antidive and antisquat results above the wheel rotation axis by way of radius vectors running parallel to both of the link swiveling axes and through the bearings positioned on the drag link, and
• wherein the front drag bearings are arranged in closer proximity to the vertical transverse plane of the center of the wheel than the rear drag bearings.

A method of making a wheel suspension assembly for a vehicle with a steering gear, comprising:

• positioning upper and lower swingable transverse links on a pulled-up drag link,
• arranging the lower link with a steering tie rod below a rotation axis of a wheel,
• creating a geometric swiveling axis and an elastokinematic swiveling axis,
• locating a bearing of the upper link on a side of the drag link and a bearing of the tie rod behind, in relation to a direction of movement, a vertical transverse plane of the center of the wheel,
• arranging a bearing of the lower link on the side of the drag link in front of the vertical transverse plane,
• swingably supporting an upper end of a shock absorber leg in a step bearing, which is connected to a vehicle assembly,
• connecting front and rear drag bearings of the upper link to the step bearing to form an upper link swiveling axis, the upper link swiveling axis inclining upwards in the direction of movement, and
• arranging front and rear drag bearings of the lower link on a side of the vehicle assembly to form a lower link swiveling axis, the lower link swiveling axis inclining downwards in the direction of movement thereby forming a pitch pole for antidive and antisquat above the wheel rotation axis by way of radius vectors running parallel to the link swiveling axes and through the bearings on the side of the drag link,
• wherein the front drag bearings are arranged in closer proximity to the vertical transverse plane than the rear drag bearings.