Multi-link suspension for a motor vehicle

US10807426B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Alberto Girelli Consolaro · Aachen, DE
• Paul Zandbergen · Plombières, BE
• Daniel Mainz · Herzogenrath, DE
• Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim · Aachen, DE
• Thomas Gerhards · Niederzier, DE
• Ralf Hintzen · Aachen, DE
• Rainer Souschek · Aachen, DE
• Brian Chen · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 20, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2206/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a multi-link rear suspension for a motor vehicle, having at least one transverse leaf spring arranged on the motor vehicle to extend in the transverse vehicle direction and having ends which operatively act on left and right wheel carriers to cushion a vehicle structure of the motor vehicle with respect to the wheel-carriers. The transverse leaf spring also serves as a stabilizer, thereby replacing dedicated stabilizer. In order to provide a multi-link rear suspension which is optimized in terms of structural space and which is lightweight, the multi-link rear has exclusively transverse links for guiding the wheel-carriers.