Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-link axle for a motor vehicle
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Application No.: US16212812Application Date: 2018-12-07
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Publication No.: US10940729B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Christoph Meier , Alberto Girelli Consolaro , Paul Zandbergen , Ivica Papic
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Burgess Law Office, PLLC
- Agent Raymond L. Coppiellie
- Priority: DE102017222487.8 20171212
- Main IPC: B60G3/20
- IPC: B60G3/20 ; B60G11/08 ; B60G11/10 ; B60G17/02 ; B60G17/015 ; B60G3/28 ; B60G11/12

Abstract:
A motor vehicle multi-link axle having wheel suspension including a lower transverse link and an upper transverse link. A leaf spring extending transversely to a direction of travel of the vehicle and below the upper transverse link. A link element connects an end of the leaf spring to the upper transverse link. The link element having a first connection, connected to the upper transverse link, and a second connection, connected to the leaf spring. The link element adjustable to vary the distance between the first connection and the second connection. The multi-link axle may also include a connecting element that connects the second connection point of the link element to a connection point of the leaf spring, with the connecting adjustable to vary the distance between the second connection point of the link element and the connection point of the connecting element to the leaf spring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190176554A1 Multi-Link Axle For A Motor Vehicle Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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