Patent ID: 8714297

Claim:
A single wheel suspension for a non-steerable driven wheel of a two track vehicle, comprising: a first control arm and a second control arm which extend essentially in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, each of the first and second control arms being arranged to pivoted in an essentially vertical plane; a wheel bearing arranged to carry the wheel, wherein the wheel bearing is affixed directly or indirectly to the first control arm, the first control arm is supported with its end section on a body of the vehicle by a pendulum support which extends at least approximately in a vertical direction of the vehicle when the vehicle is in a static ride height position, the second control arm is supported at a first end in an articulated manner directly or indirectly on the vehicle body with only one kinematic rotational degree of freedom and at a second end is connected in an articulated manner to the first control arm between the wheel bearing and an attachment point of the pendulum support with only one kinematic rotational degree of freedom by a connecting element between the first control arm and the second control arm, the first control arm is located with at least its section which extends from the wheel bearing to the connecting element with the second control arm inside a space enclosed by a rim of the wheel, the wheel is arranged to be driven by a drive shaft and a gear mechanism which adjoins said drive shaft and is arranged at least partially inside the space enclosed by the wheel rim, the gear mechanism includes at least a first transmission stage and a second transmission stage which are offset from one another in an axial direction of the wheel, and an axis of rotation of a connecting shaft which connects a second gear wheel of the first transmission stage to a first gear wheel of the second transmission stage coincides with a pivot axis of the connecting element between the first and second control arms.