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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Guy Royston Tyrrell Sutton, Solihull, GB;
Assignee:
Rover Group Limited, Warwick, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 1/500 ;
Abstract
A vehicle suspension arrangement for a steerable road wheel of a motor vehicle is disclosed having a lower suspension arm,for pivotably connecting a wheel hub,to part of the body structure,of the motor vehicle. The suspension arm,is a planar member which lies on the plane P-S-T but has a pivot axis P—P that is offset from the plane P-S-T. In this way the pivot axis P—P of the suspension arm,is arranged to be closer to a longitudinal axis L—L of a steering rack,than is the plane P-S-T.