Patent ID: 8827290

Claim:
A multi-link rear wheel axle for a motor vehicle for connecting a wheel support to a vehicle body, comprising link arms arranged in upper and lower link planes, the upper link plane having rear and front transverse link arms, as viewed in the direction of driving, each of the rear and front transverse link arms in the upper link plane having articulation points for the wheel support and the vehicle body, the front transverse link arm of the upper link plane being a track rod, the upper link plane further having a longitudinal link arm connecting the rear transverse link arm of the upper link plane via an articulation point in the vicinity of the wheel support to the front transverse link arm of the upper link plane via an articulation point in the vicinity of the vehicle body, front and rear transverse link arms in the lower link plane, as viewed in the direction of driving, each of the front and rear link arms of the lower link plane having articulation points for the wheel support and the vehicle body so that the rear and the front transverse link arms in the lower link plane form a virtual pole that lies in the lower link plane at a position relative to the vehicle body that is outward of the front and rear link arms of the lower link plane and behind the axle of the wheel support.