Patent ID: 7891674

Claim:
A suspended axle for a motor vehicle comprising a torsionally flexible beam each of the ends of which carries a rigid arm comprising means of articulation relative to the bodyshell of the vehicle so as to allow suspension travel, said arm further bearing a wheel carrier, wherein each wheel carrier is mounted on each arm via a pivot and, some distance away from said pivot, via a wheel-steering device, said steering device comprising a hydroelastic articulation comprising an outer body and a member housed in said body, said body being secured to either the arm or the wheel carrier and said member being secured respectively to either the wheel carrier or the arm, said articulation further comprising an elastically deformable element which is interposed between said member and said body, said element being configured to form at least two sealed chambers between, respectively, a part of said element and the interior surface of said body, each of the chambers being designed to allow, through compression/expansion of said chambers, movements of said member relative to the outer body, said steering device further comprises a steering operating system, said system comprising means designed to vary the volume of an incompressible fluid present in each respective one of the chambers so as to bring about the movements of the member and thus the steering of the wheel relative to the arm.