Wheel guide arrangement for a steered motor vehicle wheel

US7150462B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Joachim Bortz · Stuttgart, DE
• Andreas Gaupp · Waldenbuch, DE
• Wolfgang Modinger · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2004
• Grant date: Dec 19, 2006
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2206/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a wheel guide arrangement of a steered motor vehicle wheel which has control arms and a steering knuckle, and wherein the steering knuckle includes a reception structure for a wheel mount and also connecting areas for the mounting of stubs of ball joints connected to the wheel control arms, the connecting areas are disposed at different distances from the wheel axis and the ball joints are arranged between the connecting areas and the wheel axis of rotation, that is, above the connecting areas.