Trailing-arm suspension with leaf springs

US10894455B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Thomas Gerhards · Niederzier, DE
• Ralf Hintzen · Aachen, DE
• Daniel Mainz · Herzogenrath, DE
• Rainer Souschek · Aachen, DE
• Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim · Aachen, DE
• Paul Zandbergen · Plombières, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 14, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 19, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2206/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle rear suspension includes left and right trailing links mounted, at respective forward ends thereof, to a vehicle body for pivoting movement about a transversely-extending axis. The trailing links extend rearward from the axis, and each has a wheel carrier attached thereto adjacent a rear end thereof. Left and right leaf springs are fixed, at respective forward ends thereof, to the vehicle body and extend rearward therefrom alongside and generally parallel with their respective trailing links. Rear ends of the leaf springs contact their respective trailing links and applying spring-force thereto.