US 12,246,574 B2
Wheel suspension system with off-wheel-center arm
Ran Dekel, Nofit (IL); Gal Zohar, Kibbutz Ein-Shemer (IL); Eylon Avigur, Ramat Gan (IL); Amit Aknin, Karkom (IL); and Ahishay Sardes, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD, Glil-Yam (IL)
Appl. No. 17/795,115
Filed by REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD, Galil-Yam (IL)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IL2021/050098
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/152588, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/966,575, filed on Jan. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150323 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 3/20 (2006.01); B60K 17/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 3/20 (2013.01) [B60K 17/14 (2013.01); B60G 2200/13 (2013.01); B60G 2200/42 (2013.01); B60G 2206/60 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel suspension system comprising:
a wheel interface having a wheel interface axis about which a wheel rotates when connected to the wheel interface; and
an arm connected to the wheel interface and rotatable with respect to the wheel interface about a first axis, the arm is connectable to a reference frame of a vehicle and rotatable with respect to the reference frame about a second axis; wherein the second axis is substantially parallel to the first axis; wherein the first axis and the second axis are positioned within a diameter of a wheel when the wheel is assembled to the wheel interface; and
wherein the first axis and the second axis are offset with respect to the wheel interface axis.