Abstract:
A rear suspension for motor vehicles of the type with independent wheels and longitudinal arms is described. The support (2) for each rear wheel is connected to a longitudinal arm (4) articulated at its front end to the substructure of the motor vehicle. The wheel support (2) is connected to the longitudinal arm (4) by means of a pair of superposed, spaced-apart joints (16, 17) which define a steering axis of the support. The latter is also provided with an arm (19) to which a steering control rod (21) is connected. To the outer side of the longitudinal arm (4) is fixed the end of an auxiliary arm (11) which extends obliquely and forwardly and whose opposite end is articulated to the substructure of the motor vehicle by means of a connecting rod member (13). The longitudinal arm is also connected to the substructure of the motor vehicle by means of a transverse arm (23).
Abstract:
The twist-beam axle (10) comprises a central cross-member (11) compliant to torsion and a pair of trailing arms (12) fixed to side end portions (11a) of the cross-member (11) for articulated connection of the axle to the vehicle body and for support of the rear wheels. Each trailing arm (12) is formed by a pair of first, transversely inner half-shells (18, 19), that is, a front half-shell and a rear half-shell, respectively, securely connected to each other and to the respective end (11a) of the cross-member (11), and by a second transversely outer half-shell (20), securely connected to the pair of first half-shells (18, 19) so as to form therewith a structure having a closed cross-section.
Abstract:
There is described a motor vehicle rear suspension comprising, for each wheel, a longitudinal arm carrying the wheel and pivotally mounted onto the fixed structure of the motor vehicle around a transverse axis. The arm includes a torsionally deformable blade arranged substantially in a longitudinal vertical plane and an auxiliary arm connected to the fixed structure of the motor vehicle with the interposition of an articulated rod element and is further connected to the fixed structure of the motor vehicle by means of a transverse rod.
Abstract:
An interconnected control arm suspension for a front wheel of a vehicle includes a hub-holder linked by way of respective fastening brackets and respective ball-joints of its own to a first and a second control arm. The first and second control arms are, in turn, cross-hinged, in accordance with a double transverse triangle configuration, to a supporting structure of the vehicle. There is a bracket hinge-linked to the lower control arm that is articulated to the upper control arm by means of a link rod. This bracket supports a body of a shock absorber having a through rod and a spring tight-mounted between a first cap borne by a first end of the rod and a second cap borne by the shock absorber body; a second end of the rod, coming out of the shock absorber body on the side opposite the first end, is hinge-linked to the supporting structure.
Abstract:
A rear suspension for motor vehicles with independent wheels is described, in which the support (3) for each wheel (1) is connected to the structure (2) of the motor vehicle by means of an articulated quadrilateral system including an upper transverse member and a lower transverse member. The upper transverse member is constituted by a single transverse arm (5) articulated by a ball joint (10) to the wheel support (3). The lower transverse member is constituted by a triangular structure (6) comprising a main lower arm (7) and an auxiliary lower arm (8). This structure is also articulated to the wheel support (3) by means of a ball joint (20) which defines, together with the ball joint (10) of the upper transverse arm (5), a steering axis of the wheel. The wheel support (3) is also provided with a projecting arm (25) to which a steering control rod (22) is connected and which is in turn connected to the lower triangular structure by means of a connecting rod member (26).