Wheel suspension

US5498018A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• George Wahl · Rodenbach, DE
• Matthias Dietz · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Norbert Schote · Herrenberg, DE
• Robert Klosterhuber · Stuttgart, DE
• Karl Sommerer · Wiernsheim, DE
• Reinhard Kunert · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 12, 1996
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D17/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel suspension for an axle of a motor vehicle, particularly a McPherson front axle, has a transverse control arm and a pivotally connected tension strut, the transverse control arm being held on the wheel carrier by way of a joint, and the body-side bearings of the transverse control arm and of the tension strut as well as of the connection bearing between the transverse control arm and the tension strut being constructed with a defined characteristic for the elastokinematic adjustment of the wheel under the effect of peripheral forces acting upon the wheel. The transverse control arm with the connected tension strut is arranged in an approximately horizontal plane and extends below the wheel spin axis approximately in a wheel center transverse plane. The tension strut is pivotally connected to the transverse control arm by way of a connection bearing and extends at an angle diagonally with respect to a longitudinal center axis of the vehicle. The transverse control arm is arranged, in each case, at a distance in the perpendicular and longitudinal direction with respect to a tie rod of a steering gear arranged below the wheel spin axis and--with respect to the driving direction…