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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1978
Wilhelm Kroniger, Munchingen, DE;
Abstract
A wheel suspension for the steerable front wheels of a motor vehicle comprising upper and lower guide rods fixed at one end to a vehicle body and elastically supported at another end by a wheel support, the wheel support comprising a first wheel support part connected to said upper guide rod at a first pivot point and a second wheel support part including a wheel carrier and a track rod connected to the lower guide rod at a second pivot point, said first and second wheel support parts being swingably connected with each other by an elastic member spaced from the pivot points and by a joint pin. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the first wheel support part is a guide element arranged within an elastic sleeve forming the elastic member and wherein the elastic sleeve is constructed to be more elastic in the vehicle longitudinal direction than in the vehicle transverse direction.