Wheel suspension for a motor vehicle

US6196564A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ine. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Hawener · Tiefenbronn, DE
• Andreas Kluge · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2206/8201
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle, particularly a rear wheel suspension, has a spring which is arranged separately from a shock absorber. The spring and the shock absorber are supported at their lower ends, by way of a common console arranged approximately transversely to the vehicle, on a longitudinal rear axle tube. An upper end of the shock absorber is swivellably held on a carrying device fastened to a vehicle body member. An upper end of the spring is disposed in a supporting device integrated in the vehicle body member.