Patent ID: 8523209

Claim:
A semi-trailing arm axle for a motor vehicle, the semi-trailing arm axle comprising: at least one wheel ( 4 ) being supported by a semi-trailing arm ( 1 ); the semi-trailing arm ( 1 ) being formed as a quadrilateral, the semi-trailing arm ( 1 ) lying in a horizontal plane and being mounted on one of a body and a support frame by at least one mounting ( 2 , 3 ), the semi-trailing arm ( 1 ) being flexible about a vertical axis; at least one wheel bearing ( 5 ), connecting each wheel ( 4 ) to the flexible semi-trailing arm ( 1 ), facilitates rotation of the wheel, and the flexible semi-trailing arm ( 1 ) being a sole wheel tracking element that controls wheel toe for each wheel ( 4 ) supported by the flexible semi-trailing arm ( 1 ).