Front axle for a motor vehicle

US6029987A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Martin Hoffman · Witten, DE
• Walter Schaible · Hemmingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 26, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 29, 2000
• Expiry date: May 26, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2206/8109
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

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.