Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Knut Heidsieck

Christoph Elbers

Alfred Pruckner

Felix Haeusler

Peter Kontermann

Udo Ochner

Holger Lohmüller

Alexander Neu

Klaus Wallgren

Witalij Knaub

Nils Mühl

Joachim Cichy

Simon Aramah

Clemens Hacker

Philipp Grevemeyer

Klaus Solik

Roland König

Holger LOHMÜLLER

A vehicle axle with a centrally arranged drive unit and a wheel suspension which has a wheel carrier for holding a wheel, a lower wheel-guiding control arm for the articulated connection of the carrier to a vehicle body, a camber link that connects the carrier to the body and steering unit for steering the wheel. The carrier and control arm are connected directly, in a first connection area, and indirectly via an integral link, in a second connection area, so that the carrier can pivot relative to the control arm about a steering axis. The control arm can be connected to the body in forward and rear areas, and has a rotational axis that extends obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. All connection areas of the control arm are positioned outside the centrally arranged drive unit relative to the transverse direction of the vehicle.

Vehicle axle having a centrally arranged drive unit

A wheel suspension () for a motor vehicle that has a wheel carrier () for holding a wheel (), a wheel-guiding control arm () for the articulated connection of the wheel carrier () to a body (), and steering member () for steering the wheel (). The wheel carrier () and the wheel-guiding control arm () are directly connected, in a first connection area (), and indirectly connected, in a second connection area (), by an integral link () so that, relative to the wheel-guiding control arm (), the wheel carrier () can pivot about a steering axis. The wheel suspension is characterized by a chassis element () that is articulated on a body side and is directly connected to the wheel carrier ().

Wheel suspension for a motor vehicle

A wheel suspension () for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier () which is mounted so that the wheel carrier () can pivot relative to a wheel-guiding control arm (). The wheel-guiding control arm () includes a longitudinal control arm section () with a forward body-side bearing () and a transverse control arm section () with a rear body-side bearing (). The rear body-side bearing () is designed as a ball joint.

Wheel suspension

A transverse control arm () of an axle arrangement for a vehicle having two transverse control arm struts () and at least three kinematics points (). Each of the two transverse control arm struts () has a carrier hub end () and a carriage end (). At least one of the two transverse control arm struts () has a curvature () in a spatial direction, and this spatial direction being along a vertical axis that extends generally perpendicular relative to the plane defined by the at least three kinematic points ().

Transverse control arm

A wheel suspension assembly () for a vehicle, having a spring damper (), a first transverse link (), which has a first transverse link strut () and a second transverse link strut (), a second transverse link (), a first tie rod (), a second tie rod (), a reversing lever (), a hub carrier (), a steering gear () and a pendulum support (). Each transverse link () has an end (), on the hub carrier side, and two ends (), on the chassis side. The steering gear () is arranged in a plane with the first transverse link () and in a section between an end () of the first transverse link strut () of the first transverse link (), on the chassis side, and an end () of the second transverse link strut () of the first transverse link (), on the chassis side.

Wheel suspension system

A suspension arrangement for spring suspending a mass body () in relation to a substructure (), for example, a driver's cabin () of a heavy goods vehicle in relation to the vehicle chassis () thereof. The suspension arrangement comprises a spring/damper arrangement () which is arranged between the mass body () and the substructure () and which is used to dampen thrusts and/or oscillations. The suspension arrangement in characterized in that it comprises at least one pantograph () which is used to reduce the freedom of movement of the mass body (). The inventive suspension arrangement is constructively robust and can determine the provided freedom of movement of the mass body in a reliable manner and can dampen and/or prevent undesired movements in other spatial directions. The invention enables an economical and a reliable spring suspension, in particular, for a driver's cabin of heavy good vehicles, to be produced.

Suspension means with scissor pantograph

A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle is described, in which at least a first and at least a second control arm () are coupled in an articulated manner to a wheel carrier () carrying a vehicle wheel (). The wheel suspension has a compensating device () for correcting wheel positions, and each control arm () has a portion of the compensating device () or is connected to a portion of the compensating device (). The compensating device portions () of one wheel are connected to one another by at least one coupling member ().

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Bünde, Germany

Knut Heidsieck