Independent wheel suspension for a wheel of a vehicle

Claim 1

Independent wheel suspension for a wheel of a vehicle comprising: a wheel carrier having, at an upper end thereof, a steering linkage lever extending transversely toward the outside over the wheel; a lower control arm connected at a lower end of said wheel carrier; a steering tie rod extending in a first generally horizontal direction which is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, said steering tie rod having a first end connected to said steering linkage lever and a second end connected to a steering means; and a rod shaped upper control arm extending in a second generally horizontal direction in substantially side-by-side relation with said steering tie rod, said upper control arm having approximately the same effective length as said steering tie rod, said upper control arm also having a first end connected to said wheel carrier at a point located laterally of and above said steerable wheel between said wheel and a body portion of said vehicle, and said upper control arm having a second end pivotably connected to a bearing member such that said upper control arm is pivotable about an upper bearing axis which extends obliquely from a point of intersection with a transverse vertical plane intersecting said wheel; said steering tie rod and upper control arm extending in the direction from their respective connection toward the end of the vehicle adjacent the wheel, whereby said suspension arrangement effects a transverse guidance of said wheel while preventing intrinsic steering motions on the wheel in both the longitudinal and transverse direction of said vehicle when responding to driving induced movement of said wheel.