Patent ID: 8342547

Claim:
A compliant system for a base suspension of a vehicle, said system comprising inter alia: a support configured to be supported by said base suspension, a hub carrier attached to said support by means of a compliant connection, where said hub carrier is configured for supporting a wheel carrier, at least one elastic element interconnecting said hub carrier and said support, and where said at least one elastic element is arranged such that said hub carrier ( 10 ) is urged towards a predetermined position with respect to said support, support bodies at least partially interconnecting, at connection points, said support ( 30 ) and said hub carrier and forming part of said compliant connection between said hub carrier and said support, said support bodies are configured for providing said system with a first resistance to movement in a first direction and a second resistance to movement in directions normal, or orthogonal, to said first direction and where theoretical axes, defined by said first directions, converge or meet at a virtual focal point or area lying outside confines defined by a wheel mounted on said wheel carrier, where said second resistance to movement provided by said support bodies, in directions normal to said first directions are such that said connection points on said hub carrier are free to move, within a delimitation, in directions normal, or orthogonal, to said first directions with respect to said support, and where said first resistance to movement in said first directions is defined by a rigidity of said support bodies in said first directions, and said support bodies are configured to allow movement of said hub carrier, relative to said support, in directions tangential to said point such that said support bodies create a virtual ball joint between said hub carrier ( 10 ) and said support which possess a centre convergence of said three first directions.