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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Norbert Schote, Ammerbuch, DE;
Norbert Schote, Ammerbuch, DE;
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A rear axle, specifically a steerable rear axle, of a motor vehicle, has wheel carriers for holding in each case one rear wheel, with in each case one upper transverse link, one lower transverse link and one track rod interacting with each rear wheel, and with the track rods being positioned behind a center of the rear wheels or of the wheel carriers as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, wherein both track rods which are positioned in each case behind the center of the rear wheels or of the wheel carriers as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle are engaged on by a common steering actuator which is likewise positioned in each case behind the center of the rear wheels or of the wheel carriers as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle.