Patent ID: 7669865

Claim:
An axle suspension for heavy vehicles, in particular trucks, comprising an axle beam ( 1 ) which bears axle parts ( 21 ) projecting over at oppositely disposed sides, each axle part preferably bearing a wheel drive ( 2 ); an axle beam bearing ( 22 ) which permits upward and downward movements of the axle beam ( 1 ) as well as pendular movements of the axle beam ( 1 ) around a substantially lying pendular axis ( 23 ) transverse to the longitudinal direction ( 24 ) of the axle parts ( 21 ); a spring device ( 25 ) for the resilient support of the upward and downward movements of the axle beam ( 1 ) at a vehicle frame ( 3 ); and a pendular damping device ( 26 ) for the damping of the pendular movements of the axle beam ( 1 ), wherein the pendular damping device ( 26 ) has a rotary axle ( 12 ) which is pivoted to a part ( 27 ) connected to the vehicle frame ( 3 ) and drives a damping lever ( 13 ) rotatably pivoted to the axle beam ( 1 ) in a rotary manner on pendular movements of the axle beam ( 1 ), said damping lever acting on at least one damping element ( 15 ) fastened to the axle beam ( 1 ).