Patent ID: 6347802
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: B60G,B62D

Abstract:
A suspension system for a wheel of a motor vehicle, the wheel suspension system comprising:at least one body-side wheel suspension member; a hub carrier including an axle end holding the wheel and defining a pivot axis, the pivot axis being disposed in the vehicle longitudinal direction and being vertically offset from a rotational axis of the wheel, the hub carrier being capable of pivoting to set a negative camber of the wheel on an order of magnitude of about 20-30 degrees so that a tread contact surface of a tire of the wheel is moved to a tread area of the tire that is adjacent to an inside of the wheel; an intermediate carrier disposed between the body-side wheel suspension member and the hub carrier, the hub carrier being capable of pivoting on the intermediate carrier about the pivot axis; and an actuator acting in a transverse direction of the vehicle for active adjustment of the camber of the wheel with reference to the pivot axis, the actuator supporting the hub camera against the intermediate carrier.