Patent ID: 6186525
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B62D,F16C

Abstract:
Wheel suspension for a non-driven steerable vehicle wheel, comprising an axle member, which at each end has a conical through-bore, which holds a conical central portion of a kingpin, which is provided with kingpin ends extending outside the bore into the member, and a spindle unit, having, firstly, spaced upper and lower spindle ears holding bearings into which the kingpin ends extend and of which the upper bearing is a roller bearing and the lower bearing is a journal bearing, and, secondly, an axle end on which a wheel hub is intended to be mounted, characterized in that the journal bearing (18) comprises an outer sleeve (18a) of an elastically deformable material, which is non-rotatably fixed in a bearing seat (16) in the lower spindle ear (14) and an inner bearing sleeve (18b) of a bearing metal, which is non-rotatably fixed in the outer sleeve.