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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
Stephan Pollmeyer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Volker Wagner, Ravensburg, DE;
Gabriele Fruhmann, Bregenz, AT;
Stephan Pollmeyer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Volker Wagner, Ravensburg, DE;
Gabriele Fruhmann, Bregenz, AT;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
An axle for a motor vehicle comprises at least a transverse leaf spring () attached directly, or via an auxiliary support frame, to a body () of the motor vehicle by two first mountings (), two control arms () and two wheel carriers (). In each case, an end of the transverse leaf spring () facing toward a respective wheel () of the motor vehicle is rigidly connected to one of the two control arms (), and both of the two control arms () are each orientated substantially in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. Each of the control arms () is connected by a second mounting () directly, or via an auxiliary support frame, to the body () and also connected, by at least one third mounting (), to one of the wheel carriers ().