Wheel suspension for vehicles

Claim 1

A FRONT WHEEL SUSPENSION AND SPRING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE, STEERED FRONT WHEELS, AND A DRIVE UNIT, COMPRISING AUXILIARY FRAME MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID STEERED FRONT WHEELS AND SAID DRIVE UNIT INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING FRAME MEMBER AND TWO HOLLOW TUBULAR BEARER MEMBERS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE VEHICLE AND TOWARD THE FRONT THEREOF FROM SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING FRAME MEMBER, FIRST MEANS FOR ELASTICALLY SUPPORTING SAID AUXILIARY FRAME MEANS ON SAID VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE, SECOND MEANS FOR ELASTICALLY SUPPORTING SAID DRIVE UNIT EXCLUSIVELY ON SAID AUXILIARY FRAME MEANS, SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING FRAME MEMBER BEING DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY IN A VERTICAL PLANE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE VEHICLE AND INCLUDING THE WHEEL AXES, TWO TORSION SPRINGS IN THE FORM OF LEAFSPRING PACKAGES ONE EACH ARRANGED WITHIN A RESPECTIVE HOLLOW LONGITUDINAL BEARER MEMBER, AND TRANSVERSE GUIDE MEANS INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER GUIDE MEMBERS FOR EACH WHEEL, THE LOWER GUIDE MEMBER FOR EACH WHEEL BEING DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH A RESPECTIVE END OF A TORSION SPRING AND BEING SUPPORTED WITHIN A RESPECTIVE TUBULAR BEARER MEMBER, AND SAID LOWER GUIDE MEMBER EACH BEING COMPOSED OF AN ARM MEMBER EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY TRANSVERSELY OF SAID VEHICLE AND OF A ROD EXTENDING TOWARD THE FRONT OF SAID VEHICLE OBLIQUELY TO THE VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, EACH OF SAID RODS BEING ELASTICALLY SECURED AT THE FORWARD END THEREOF TO A RESPECTIVE HOLLOW BEARER MEMBER.