Patent ID: 8840193

Claim:
A wheel assembly configured for suspending a wheel of a motor vehicle on one side, the wheel assembly comprising: a brake disc, which is part of a disc brake and which is fixed, when viewed in a radial direction, to a wheel disc on an outer circumference of the wheel assembly in close vicinity to a wheel rim, wherein: a brake caliper of the disc brake surrounds the brake disc over an inner circumference of the brake disc and is fixed to a wheel carrier that supports a stationary ring of a wheel bearing, the wheel bearing having a rotating ring that supports a wheel hub that is connected to the wheel disc in a rotationally and axially fixed manner; the connection of the wheel disc to the wheel hub comprises one of a press fit connection and a Voith-Hirth connection that is substantially within an outer radius of the wheel bearing, and the wheel hub is connected on a side of the wheel bearing on the inside of the wheel to a drive shaft by an additional Voith-Hirth coupling.