Patent ID: 7914019

Claim:
A countersteering rear vehicle axle for causing a rotational movement of a wheel carrier about a virtual steering axle inclination in a toe-in direction under the effect of a lateral force upon a wheel that is outside during cornering and is fastened to the wheel carrier, the rear vehicle axle comprising: an axle body extending essentially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the wheel carrier being supported on the axle body; torsionally soft but bend-resistant supporting elements arranged, in each case, above and below the wheel center, said supporting elements, in a lateral projection corresponding to the virtual steering axle inclination, being essentially equally inclined with respect to a vertical direction, an upper linkage one of said supporting elements, which extends essentially in a transverse direction of the vehicle toward the inside, being supported, on the one side, on the wheel carrier and, on the other side, on an upper torsion one of said supporting elements whose other end is supported on the axle body, while a lower linkage one of said supporting elements, which extends essentially in the vertical direction, is supported on the wheel carrier, on the one side, and on a lower torsion one of said supporting elements, on the other side, the lower torsion supporting element being supported on the axle body by its other end.