Patent ID: 7201388
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: B60B,B60G,B60Y

Abstract:
1. A vehicle rigid axle, comprising: an axle beam; one of axle journals and wheel carriers arranged at ends of the axle beam; and at least two trailing arms rigidly fixed to the axle beam; wherein each half of the vehicle rigid axle, viewed from a middle, includes an axle beam section, a trailing arm section and a wheel head section arranged in tandem, the wheel head section including at least one of at least one axle journal and at least one wheel carrier; wherein end faces of the axle beam sections are congruent with adjoining first end faces of the trailing arm sections and second end faces of the trailing arms sections are congruent with adjoining end faces of the wheel head sections, at least in some areas; and wherein the axle beam sections, the trailing arm sections and the wheel head sections are welded together at the end faces.