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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jan-Olof Bodin, Alingsås, SE;
Assignee:
Volvo Lastvagnar AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/18 ;
Abstract
Wheel suspension for a non-driven steerable vehicle wheel, comprising a kingpin (,) fixed in a front wheel beam (,), said kingpin having upper and lower bearings (,), by means of which a wheel spindle (,) is pivotally mounted relative to the beam. The upper bearing is a roller taper bearing and the lower bearing is a journal bearing (,) consisting of an outer sleeve of an elastically deformable plastic material and an inner bearing bushing of a bearing metal.