Independent wheel suspension

U.S. Patent Number: 5338055

Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle in which one of the wheel suspension links forms a wheel suspension strut and has a shock absorber which is elastically supported by means of its piston rod in an upper guiding joint which is fixed to the body. The upper guiding joint is prestressed to generate a countermoment counteracting bending moments in a transverse plane of the vehicle about the hinge point.

Inventors: Mauz; Uwe (Esslingen, DE)

Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG (Stuttgart, DE)

Application Number: 07/817,820

Issued: 1994-08-16

Expired: 2006-08-16

Classes: 280/124.147 ; 267/280; 267/282; 280/7.16; 280/86.752; 280/93.512

Field of search: 280/667,668,670,673,696,692,716,96.1 267/220,33,280,282,294,153,140.2

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