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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Abstract
An axle suspension of rigid axles is presented, on the axle body ( ) of which a steering triangle ( ) as well as two longitudinal control arms ( ), which are located at spaced locations from the steering triangle and have different vertical positions, and additionally a stabilizing device ( ) are arranged. The steering triangle has two control arms ( and ), which form an angle with one another and are fastened to a central joint ( ), on the one hand, and are connected to the vehicle body via a guiding joint ( and ) each, on the other hand. The following geometric axes of coordinates are defined on the axle suspension: a first horizontal axis ( ), which extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle and forms the central axis of the axle body ( ) at the same time as well as a second horizontal axis ( ), which extends in the center of the vehicle and in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and intersects the axis ( ) at right angles and a vertical axis ( ) intersecting the intersection of the horizontal axes ( and ). The central joint ( ) of the steering triangle ( ) is mounted on the axle body with an offset from at least one of the axes ( through ).