Patent ID: 8556282

Claim:
An axle for a motor vehicle, the axle comprising: at the least a transverse leaf spring ( 1 ) attached either directly, or via an auxiliary support frame, to a body ( 9 ) of the motor vehicle by a pair of first mountings ( 4 ), two control arms ( 2 ), and two wheel carriers ( 3 ), wherein, in each case, an end of the transverse leaf spring ( 1 ), facing toward a respective wheel ( 10 ) of the motor vehicle, is rigidly connected to one of the two control arms ( 2 ), and the two control arms ( 2 ) are both orientated substantially in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, each of the two control arms ( 2 ) is connected by a second mounting ( 7 ) either directly, or via an auxiliary support frame, to the body ( 9 ), and each of the two control arms ( 2 ) is connected by two third mountings ( 5 , 6 ) to one of the two wheel carriers ( 3 ).