Patent ID: 7845663
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. Lower control arm ( 14 ) for a motor vehicle independent suspension, which connects a wheel-carrier ( 10 ) of a vehicle wheel ( 12 ) to a vehicle body so as to control four degrees of freedom (DOF 1 , DOF 2 , DOF 4 , DOF 5 ) of the wheel-carrier ( 10 ), comprising a first elongated transverse connecting element ( 18 ), articulated at its transversely outer end ( 22 , 24 ) to the wheel-carrier ( 10 ) and at its transversely inner end ( 20 ) to the vehicle body, a second elongated transverse connecting element ( 28 ), articulated at its transversely outer end ( 32 ) to the wheel-carrier ( 10 ) and at its transversely inner end ( 30 ) to the vehicle body, and a longitudinal interconnecting element ( 34 ) which connects said first and second connecting elements ( 18 , 28 ) to each other at transversely inner portions thereof, wherein said first and second connecting elements ( 18 , 28 ) are orientated so that their axes converge towards the outside of the vehicle; characterized in that the first connecting element ( in that the second connecting element (