Patent ID: 8152185
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. A wheel suspension system for a motor vehicle, comprising: an axle carrier; a forked McPherson strut support having two opposed fork arms; an upper and lower bearing coupling the axle carrier to the forked McPherson strut support and permitting the axle carrier to swivel relative to the forked McPherson strut support about a steering axis; a McPherson strut having a lower end fixedly mounted to the McPherson strut support and configured to join the McPherson strut support with the body of the vehicle to absorb the vehicle load; a control arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the McPherson strut support and extending into a gap formed by the fork arms, and having a second end substantially opposite the first end, the second end having an increased width relative to the first end and adapted to be hingedly coupled to the body of the motor vehicle at two longitudinally-spaced locations to enable rotation of the control arm about an axis that essentially extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and two spaced bearings, which lie in front and back of the steering axis relative to the traveling direction, and form a dual bearing rotatably coupling the forked McPherson strut support to the first end of the control arm; wherein the control arm is received into said gap at a location vertically above said lower bearing of said axle carrier; wherein the dual bearing is arranged between the upper and lower bearing when vertically viewed.