Support means for an independent wheel suspension

Claim 1

A SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A CROSS BEARER AXLE MEANS, ESPECIALLY FOR A FRONT AXLE CROSS BEARER MEMBER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A SUPERSTRUCTURE AND AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED WHEELS, COMPRISING TRANSVERSE AXLE BEARER MEANS, INDIVIDUAL SPRING SUSPENSION MEANS FOR SPRING SUSPENDING SAID WHEELS FROM SAID TRANSVERSE BEARER MEANS, ELASTIC SUPPORT MEANS FOR ELASTICALLY SUPPORTING SAID VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE ON SAID TRANSVERSE BEARER MEANS, SAID SUPPORT MEANS BEING ARRANGED IN A PLANE EXTENDING ESSENTIALLY VERTICALLY TRANSVERSELY OF THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY THROUGH THE CENTERS OF SAID WHEELS, AND GUIDING MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID TRANSVERSE BEARER MEANS INCLUDING A RELATIVELY RIGID SHEET METAL MEMBER FOR GUIDINGLY SECURING SAID TRANSVERSE BEARER MEANS TO SAID SUPERSTRUCTURE, SAID MEMBER BEING RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE CENTRAL PART OF SAID TRANSVERSE BEARER MEANS OVER A MAJOR PORTION OF THE LENGTH THEREOF, AND MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID MEMBER TO SAID VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE FOR PIVOTING ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING ESSENTIALLY HORIZONTALLY AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE VEHICLE IN AN ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL PLANE DISPLACED AT A DISTANCE IN THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION FROM SAID FIRST-MENTIONED ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL PLANE, SAID MEMBER EXTENDING ESSENTIALLY HORIZONTALLY, SAID GUIDING MEANS ENABLING SWINGING MOVEMENTS OF SAID TRANSVERSE BEARER MEANS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT ONLY SAID PIVOT AXIS AND ESSENTIALLY PREVENTING OTHER SWINGING MOVEMENTS AND DISPLACEMENTS OF THE TRANSVERSE BEARER MEANS IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE, SAID PIVOT AXIS AND SAID ELASTIC SUPPORT MEANS BEING ARRANGED AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS.