Wheel suspension system

Claim 1

A WHEEL SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND FRONT AND REAR WHEELS, IN WHICH OVERSTEERING IS EFFECTIVELY PREVENTED, COMPRISING INDEPENDENT FRONT WHEEL SUSPENSION MEANS FOR INDEPENDENTLY SUSPENDING EACH FRONT WHEEL FROM SAID VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE AN INSTANTANEOUS CENTER FOR THE SWINGING MOVEMENTS OF SAID VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL VEHICLE AXIS, SAID CENTER BEING DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY AT A DISTANCE ABOVE THE ROAD SURFACE WHICH IS GREATER THAN ESSENTIALLY ONE-THIRD OF THE HEIGHT OF THE WHEEL CENTERS OF THE FRONT WHEELS FROM THE ROAD SURFACE AND SMALLER THAN ESSENTIALLY THE HEIGHT OF THE WHEEL CENTERS FROM THE ROAD SURFACE, INDEPENDENT REAR WHEEL SUSPENSION MEANS FOR INDEPENDENTLY SUSPENDING THE REAR WHEELS FROM SAID VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE INCLUDING SWINGING HALF-AXLES, AND EQUALIZING SPRING MEANS OPERATIVELY INTERPOSED ONLY BETWEEN SAID SWINGING HALF-AXLES AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID SWINGING HALF-AXLES WITH EACH OTHER TO EFFECTIVELY PROVIDE RELATIVELY SOFT SPRING CHARACTERISTICS FOR OPPOSITELY DIRECTED SPRING DEFLECTIONS OF THE REAR WHEELS AND RELATIVELY STIFF SPRING CHARACTERISTICS FOR ONE-SIDED DEFLECTIONS OF THE REAR WHEELS.