Patent ID: 7980575

Claim:
A four-point link for suspending an axle ( 36 ) on a frame ( 35 ) of a vehicle ( 11 ), the link comprising four link arms ( 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 ) which are fixedly connected to one another by a central region ( 6 ) and which extend away from the central region ( 6 ) to form a cross, and the four link arms ( 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 ) and the central region ( 6 ) together defining a cross plane ( 20 ), two first link arms ( 2 , 3 ) being connected to the vehicle frame ( 35 ) in an articulated manner and two second link arms ( 4 , 5 ) being connected to the vehicle axle ( 36 ) in an articulated manner, and each of the four link arms ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) being solid and having a transverse cross sectional H-shaped profile ( 13 ), with each transverse cross sectional H-shaped profile opening vertically with respect to the cross plane ( 20 ).