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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Paul Zandbergen, Montzen, BE;

Daniel Mainz, Herzogenrath, DE;

Steve Scott Allen, Saline, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 3/18 (2006.01); B60G 3/20 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 7/02 (2006.01); B60G 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 3/20 (2013.01); B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 7/008 (2013.01); B60G 7/02 (2013.01); B60G 11/16 (2013.01); B60G 2200/18 (2013.01); B60G 2200/42 (2013.01); B60G 2204/1244 (2013.01); B60G 2204/143 (2013.01); B60G 2204/148 (2013.01); B60G 2206/121 (2013.01); B60G 2206/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An independent wheel suspension for the non-driven wheels of a vehicle comprises a wheel carrier for rotatably mounting a wheel of the vehicle, the wheel carrier being connected to a first transverse link and a second transverse link. The first transverse link is configured to be torsionally stiff and comprises a U-shaped opening in the link. The first transverse link is connected to the vehicle body via two link bearings on a body side and is connected to the wheel carrier via two link bearings on a wheel carrier side. The wheel suspension includes a bearing spring supported on the vehicle body and on the wheel carrier and positioned within the U-shaped opening of the first transverse link.


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