Patent ID: 6305700
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
An independent suspension for front wheels of a motor vehicle, consisting of a steering knuckle configured to be pivotable for steering about a theoretical steering axis, and having a lower end mounted on a lower link and an upper area supported by a coupling rod to the lower link and by an upper link to a body of the motor vehicle, one of (a) the upper link being articulated proximate an upper end of the steering knuckle to the coupling rod or (b) the coupling rod being articulated proximate the upper end of steering knuckle on the upper link such that a line of application of the upper link and a line of application of the coupling rod are oriented so as to at least one of (i) intersect the momentary steering axis or (ii) cross the momentary steering axis at a short distance from each other without intersecting.