Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Brian Chen

Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim

Thomas Gerhards

Ralf Hintzen

Paul Zandbergen

Daniel Mainz

Rainer Souschek

Alberto Girelli Consolaro

Steve Scott Allen

Shane Edward Foley

Nicholas Mangus

A suspension system for a vehicle may include a steering knuckle operably coupled to a wheel hub, and a plurality of links operably coupling the steering knuckle to a chassis of the vehicle. One of the links may be a trailing blade having a body portion that lies in a plane. The trailing blade may include a first end operably coupled to the steering knuckle and a second end operably coupled to the chassis. The trailing blade may extend from the first end to the second end such that the plane of the body portion forms an angle of greater than 5 degrees relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Trailing blade suspension system with angled blade

The invention relates to a multi-link rear suspension for a motor vehicle, having at least one transverse leaf spring arranged on the motor vehicle to extend in the transverse vehicle direction and having ends which operatively act on left and right wheel carriers to cushion a vehicle structure of the motor vehicle with respect to the wheel-carriers. The transverse leaf spring also serves as a stabilizer, thereby replacing dedicated stabilizer. In order to provide a multi-link rear suspension which is optimized in terms of structural space and which is lightweight, the multi-link rear has exclusively transverse links for guiding the wheel-carriers.

Multi-link suspension for a motor vehicle

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Brian Chen