US 11,850,907 B2
Wheel carrier for a suspension of a motor vehicle
Ameya Karmarkar, Russelsheim am Main (DE); Christian Ludwig, Zwingenberg (DE); Kadir Oguzcan ger, Mainz (DE); Alessandro Salgarello, Mainz (DE); Lorenzo Falchi, Rüsselsheim am Main (DE); Daniel Hahn, Berlin (DE); and Florian Goy, Schoffengrund (DE)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,367.
Claims priority of application No. 102022203346.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311600 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 3/00 (2006.01); B60G 3/01 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 7/04 (2006.01); B60B 33/00 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 63/04 (2006.01); B60G 15/06 (2006.01); B60B 33/04 (2006.01); B62D 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 7/06 (2006.01); B62D 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 3/00 (2013.01) [B60G 3/01 (2013.01); B62D 5/04 (2013.01); B62D 5/0418 (2013.01); B62D 63/04 (2013.01); B60B 33/00 (2013.01); B60B 33/0002 (2013.01); B60B 33/0015 (2013.01); B60B 33/0018 (2013.01); B60B 33/0021 (2013.01); B60B 33/04 (2013.01); B60B 33/045 (2013.01); B60G 7/00 (2013.01); B60G 7/003 (2013.01); B60G 7/006 (2013.01); B60G 7/04 (2013.01); B60G 15/061 (2013.01); B60G 2300/37 (2013.01); B62D 7/00 (2013.01); B62D 7/06 (2013.01); B62D 7/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel carrier for a suspension of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a first carrier segment configured to carry a wheel of the motor vehicle at a wheel center; and
a second carrier segment configured to couple the first carrier segment with a vehicle body of the motor vehicle;
wherein the second carrier segment comprises at least one groove, and the first carrier segment comprises for each groove a corresponding sliding pin configured to slidingly engage the respective groove such that the pin slides along the groove under vertical or horizontal displacements of the wheel center with respect to the second carrier segment;
wherein the at least one groove extends linearly along a first straight line segment with a first vertical inclination angle and from there along a second straight line segment with a second vertical inclination angle, wherein the first vertical inclination angle is smaller than the second vertical inclination angle, and wherein the straight line segments are arranged such that the corresponding sliding pin first moves along the first straight line segment under vertical or horizontal displacements of the wheel and then along the second straight line segment.