Claims
- 1. An independent wheel suspension for steerable wheels of motor vehicles, comprising a wheel carrier and a wheel guide member formed by forward and rearward individual guide links pivotally connected at a vehicle body and at the wheel carrier; the individual guide links extending, in the straight position of the wheel carrier, arrow-shaped in the direction toward the wheel carrier and, together with a further wheel guide member, defining an imaginary instantaneous steering axis for the wheel carrier which is positioned obliquely to a plane of the point of contact of the wheel with the road surface and extends through said plane outside of the point of contact of the wheel with the road surface such that a moment about the steering axis occurs which, with respect to its magnitude, is a function of the wheel contact force; at least one obliquely positioned support member, which is elastic in an operating direction, is arranged between a rearward one of the individual guide links and the vehicle body such that a support force transmitted form the at least one obliquely positioned support member to the individual guide link is directed with a support force component extending transversely to a longitudinal direction of the individual guide link produces a further moment counteracting the moment occurring about the steering axis, wherein for a suspending and steering position the moment, which is a function of the wheel contact force, is compensated by the counteracting moment by selective inclination of the at least one obliquely positioned support member.
- 2. The wheel suspension according to claim 1, wherein the at least one obliquely positioned support member comprises a coil spring, a shock absorber and a torsion rod stabilizer.
- 3. The wheel suspension according to claim 1, wherein a second wheel guide member is pivotally connected to the wheel carrier, so as to constitute upper and lower wheel guide members and at least the lower wheel guide member is subdivided into the two individual guide links.
- 4. The wheel suspension according to claim 3, wherein the at least one obliquely positioned support member comprises a coil spring, a shock absorber and a torsion rod stabilizer.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/197,428, filed May 19, 1989 now abandoned.
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