US 12,227,054 B2
Wheel suspension system with mobile steering axis
Ahishay Sardes, Tel-Aviv (IL); Ran Dekel, Nofit (IL); Eylon Avigur, Ramat-Gan (IL); Tomer Segev, Tel-Aviv (IL); Amit Aknin, Karkom (IL); Eran Starik, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL); and Shmuel Chioclea, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD, Glil-Yam (IL)
Appl. No. 17/612,365
Filed by REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD, Glil-Yam (IL)
PCT Filed May 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IL2020/050558
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/234882, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,849, filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297487 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60G 3/20 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B62D 7/08 (2006.01); B62D 7/16 (2006.01); B62D 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 3/20 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B62D 7/08 (2013.01); B62D 7/16 (2013.01); B62D 7/18 (2013.01); B60G 2200/143 (2013.01); B60G 2200/18 (2013.01); B60G 2200/44 (2013.01); B60G 2204/143 (2013.01); B60G 2204/148 (2013.01); B60G 2204/182 (2013.01); B60G 2204/30 (2013.01); B60G 2204/419 (2013.01); B60G 2206/11 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0061 (2013.01); B60K 17/043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension system for a steerable wheel of a vehicle, the suspension system comprises:
a wheel interface, adapted to support a wheel having a spinning axis;
one or more suspension arms connected to the wheel interface;
wherein, the wheel interface is steerable with respect to the one or more suspension arms about a steering axis, the steering axis extending through an interface between the one or more suspension arms and the wheel interface; and
a position of the steering axis is adaptable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the vehicle;
wherein the wheel interface allows spinning the wheel about the spinning axis, such that a distance between the steering axis and the spinning axis increases when increasing a steering angle in at least one direction.