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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2012
Hans-jürgen Langhoff, Lenting, DE;
Dominik Mohrlock, Ingolstadt, DE;
Florian Adlkofer, Eichstätt, DE;
Stephan Lamers, Altmannstein, DE;
Hans-Jürgen Langhoff, Lenting, DE;
Dominik Mohrlock, Ingolstadt, DE;
Florian Adlkofer, Eichstätt, DE;
Stephan Lamers, Altmannstein, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A wheel suspension for a rear wheel of a motor vehicle includes a wheel carrier, a lower control arm and a track rod connected to the wheel carrier at first and second points of articulation and supported on a vehicle body by first and second bearings. A rotation movement by the control arm and the track rod in response to longitudinal and/or lateral forces causes a toe-in change to thereby adjust the first point of articulation of the control arm by a first transverse offset in a vehicle transverse direction and adjust the second point of articulation of the track rod by a second transverse offset in the vehicle transverse direction. The first bearing is configured elastokinematically such that the first transverse offset of the first point of articulation is greater than the second transverse offset of the second point of articulation in response to the longitudinal and/or lateral forces.