Patent ID: 7207600
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: B60G,B62D

Abstract:
1. A chassis of modular construction for commercial vehicles, comprising: a front vehicle subframe composed of two side consoles assigned in each case to one side of a vehicle, an upper crossmember connecting the two side consoles to each other at the top, and a lower crossmember connecting the two side consoles to each other at the bottom, a rear vehicle subframe connected to the front vehicle subframe and having two longitudinal members which run parallel to a vehicle longitudinal direction and which in each case are composed of an upper cord, a lower cord and connecting webs connecting them, and individual wheel suspensions, each of said individual wheel suspensions having a spring and/or shock-absorber strut, an upper transverse link, and a lower transverse link formed on the front vehicle subframe on a side of the vehicle, wherein one of the upper transverse links is mounted on each side console, wherein the two lower transverse links are mounted on the lower crossmember, wherein each side console has two lower ends one behind the other in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein the lower crossmember connects four lower ends of the two side consoles to one another, wherein one of the spring and/or shock-absorber struts is supported on each side console, and wherein each side console has an upper connecting flange which is connected to the upper cord and a lower connecting flange which is connected to the lower cord.