Patent ID: 8820760

Claim:
A wheel axle suspension for attaching a wheel axle to a vehicle chassis, comprising: (a) a round tubular axle body; (b) a flexible trailing arm with a front end that is hingedly coupled to the chassis and which extends crosswise to the axle body; (c) an axle pad which is arranged between the axle body and the trailing arm, which has a recess in which part of the circumference of the axle body is received, and which has a side facing away from the axle body that engages the trailing arm; and (d) a clamping assembly extending around the axle body for tightening the axle body, the axle pad and the trailing arm together, (e) wherein the axle body is provided with an elongated indent in the region where it is clamped, which indent extends in a longitudinal direction of the axle body, (f) wherein the axle pad has an elongate protrusion located in the recess, which protrusion fits in the indent in the axle body, a rigid rear portion which comprises a rear engagement zone which engages on the rear half of the axle body and a front portion which comprises a front engagement zone which engages on the front half of the axle body, and wherein the axle pad comprises a flexible intermediate portion interconnecting the front and the rear portion.