Patent ID: 6382649
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
Suspension for a wheel in a motor vehicle, having a link which is mounted at one end, by means of a mounting, on a chassis of the vehicle and at the other end holds the wheel, and having spring means which are made of fiber composite and support the link on the chassis in a resilient manner, the mounting having a bearing in which a bearing part, which is fastened to the chassis, is mounted such that it can be adjusted relative to a bearing part, which is fastened to the link, by pivoting about a pivot axis, and the spring means having a torsion-bar suspension which extends coaxially to the pivot axis and is fastened at one end to the chassis or to the bearing part fixed to the chassis, and is fastened at the other end to the link or to the bearing part fixed to the link, characterized in that the link consists of fiber composite, in that the link is designed as a leaf-spring suspension, and in that the leaf-spring suspension is of U-shaped design and has two spring legs which run essentially equidistantly from each other and are fastened at one end to the bearing part fixed to the link and are connected at the other end to each other via a web on which the wheel is held.