WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A REAR WHEEL OF A TWO-TRACK MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20150375589A1
• Filed: 01/18/2014
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: LANGHOFF, HANS-JRGEN, MOHRLOCK, DOMINIK, GOLDBERG, RUBEN, ISLIKER, MARCO
• Granted Patent: US 9,545,827 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 21/0551 Mounting means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2200/184 Assymetric arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2200/422 Driving wheels or live axles
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2200/445 Self-steered wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2200/46 camber angle
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2200/462 Toe-in/out
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2202/135 Stabiliser bar and/or tube
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2204/1224 End mounts of stabiliser on wheel suspension
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2204/1244 on a suspension arm
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2204/129 Damper mount on wheel suspension or knuckle
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2204/143 on the vehicle body or chassis
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2204/148 on the unsprung part of the vehicle, e.g. wheel knuckle or rigid axle
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 3/20 all arms being rigid
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 3/24 a rigid arm being formed by the live axle B60G3/22, B60G3/26 take precedence; driving arrangements B60K17/22, B60K17/30, B60K17/32
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 7/001 Suspension arms, e.g. constructional features B60G7/006 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 7/008 Attaching arms to unsprung part of vehicle B60G7/005, B60G7/006 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 7/02 Attaching arms to sprung part of vehicle B60G7/006 takes precedence

Abstract

A wheel suspension for a rear wheel of a two-track motor vehicle, includes a five-link assembly which has five individual links which are coupled to the vehicle body via body-side bearings and to the wheel carrier of the rear wheel via wheel-carrier-side bearings, which five-link assembly, as viewed in the direction of travel, has a front pair of links and a rear pair of links, wherein the front pair of links has a lower, front link, with respect to the axis of rotation of the wheel, and an upper, front link, and the rear pair of links has a lower, rear link, in particular track rod, and an upper, rear link. A lower spring link, on which a spring arrangement having a vibration damper and a supporting spring is supported, is arranged in the direction of travel between the front and rear pairs of links. The front pair of links with respect to the spring link is of softer design in the transverse direction of the vehicle than the rear pair of links. As a result, a change in the toe-in at the rear wheel takes place under exertion of a lateral force or a longitudinal force.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A wheel suspension for a rear wheel of a two-track motor vehicle, comprising:

a five-link assembly comprising five individual links pivotally coupled to the vehicle body and to a wheel carrier of the rear wheel via respective bearings on the vehicle body and the wheel-carrier, wherein two of the five individual links form a front pair of links with respect to a direction of travel of the motor vehicle, and another two of the five individual links form a rear pair of links with respect to the direction of travel, said front pair of links, with respect to a rotational axis of the wheel, having a lower front link and an upper front link, said rear pair of links, with respect to the rotational axis of the wheel, having a lower rear link and an upper rear link, wherein a further one of the five individual links is configured as a lower spring link and is arranged in the direction of travel between the front and rear pairs of links; and

a spring arrangement supported on the lower spring link, said spring arrangement comprising a vibration damper and a suspension spring, wherein the front pair of links is configured softer in transverse direction of the motor vehicle than the rear pair of links so that a toe-in change results at the rear wheel in response to a lateral force and a longitudinal force acting on the wheel suspension.

13. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein lower rear link of the rear pair of links is constructed as a track rod.

14. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein the upper front link of the front pair of links and the upper rear link of the rear pair of links are arranged relative to each other in the shape of a V as viewed from atop the motor vehicle, with the V opening outwardly in transverse direction of the vehicle with a defined opening angle.

15. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein the lower front link and the spring link are arranged relative to each other in the shape of a V as viewed from atop the motor vehicle, with the V opening outwardly in transverse direction of the vehicle with a defined opening angle.

16. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein the rotation axis of the wheel is arranged in longitudinal direction of the vehicle between the front pair of links and the rear pair of links.

17. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein the suspension spring and the vibration damper are jointly integrated within a suspension strut which is supported on the spring link or are supported separately from one another on the spring link.

18. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein the front upper link and the rear upper link form an upper triangle and the front lower link and the rear lower link form a lower triangle, wherein the upper and lower triangle, as viewed from atop the motor vehicle, intersect so as to form a cutting area, and wherein the spring link is at least partly arranged within the cutting area.

19. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein the spring link is at arranged entirely within the cutting area.

20. The wheel suspension of claim 12, further comprising a stabilizer, said stabilizer having a pivotally supported middle section oriented in transverse direction of the vehicle and at least one output leg extending from the middle section in longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said output leg being directly or indirectly pivotally connected to one of the five individual links via a substantially vertically extending rod.

21. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein the upper front link of the front pair of links is set back relative to the lower front link by a longitudinal offset in longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle.

22. The wheel suspension of claim 21, wherein the stabilizer engages on the upper front link.

23. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein the rear upper link and the rear lower link of the rear pair of links intersect one another as viewed from atop the motor vehicle.

24. The wheel suspension of claim 13, wherein rear lower link, which forms the track rod, is arranged so that an attachment point, with which the rear lower link is coupled to the wheel carrier is located behind the rear upper link as viewed in the direction of travel.

25. The wheel suspension of claim 12, wherein a virtual extension of the lower spring link and the lower front link converge in a first intersection point, and wherein a virtual extension of the upper links converge in a second intersection point.

26. The wheel suspension of claim 25, wherein an attachment point with which the rear lower link is coupled to the wheel carrier is located behind the first and second points of intersection as viewed in the direction of travel.