Patent ID: 8622405

Claim:
A wheel axle suspension adapted to suspend an axle body of a wheel axle from a vehicle chassis of a vehicle, said suspension comprising on both sides of the vehicle: a bearing bracket arranged on the vehicle chassis; a rigid trailing arm extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said trailing arm having a resilient bush at a front end by means of which the trailing arm is hingedly connected to said bearing bracket, the trailing arm furthermore having a contact region essentially complementary to a portion of an outer contour of the axle body, where the axle body, in a fitted position, bears directly against the contact region; a support part opposing said contact region of the trailing arm, said support part being provided with an axle recess for accommodating the axle body, and being provided with a securing arm extending further towards the rear; a pneumatic spring which is operational between said securing arm and the vehicle chassis, the securing arm being adapted to be secured to the pneumatic spring; and two equally sized and shaped U-shaped clamping straps, each having a bend portion and two shanks having a male thread and each arranged on an opposite side of the axle body tensioning the support part and the contact region of the trailing arm towards each other against the axle body; wherein the support part is provided with holes for inserting each of the shanks of said U-shaped clamping straps, and wherein the trailing arm, at the location of the contact region, is provided with recesses for accommodating said bend portions of said U-shaped clamping straps.