Patent ID: 7540512

Claim:
A wheel carrier unit ( 1 ) comprising a flat lower wheel carrier member ( 2 ), and a forked axle support member ( 3 ) extending upwardly from the lower wheel carrier member ( 2 ) for connecting the wheel carrier unit ( 1 ) to a vehicle body at one end of the wheel carrier unit ( 1 ), and a mounting structure ( 2 b ) arranged at the bottom end of the lower wheel carrier member ( 2 ) for connecting the wheel carrier unit ( 1 ) to the vehicle body at the other end of the wheel carrier unit ( 1 ), a brake cylinder ( 9 ) arranged on the wheel carrier unit ( 1 ) at one side of the forked axle support member ( 3 ), the lower wheel carrier member ( 2 ) being provided, at the side of the wheel carrier unit ( 1 ) opposite the brake cylinder ( 9 ), with a wheel bearing mounting sleeve ( 8 ) for supporting a wheel hub ( 20 ) with a brake disc ( 19 ) at the opposite side of the forked axle support member ( 3 ), a brake caliper ( 17 ) mounted to the forked axle support member ( 3 ) also on the side of the forked axle support member ( 3 ) opposite the brake cylinder ( 9 ) for engaging the brake disc ( 19 ), and a housing ( 6 ) arranged on the wheel carrier unit ( 1 ) between the brake cylinder ( 9 ) and the brake caliper ( 17 ) and receiving a brake force application unit ( 13 ) serving as mechanical force transmission device between the brake cylinder (a) and the caliper ( 17 ).