INDEPENDENT WHEEL SUSPENSION SYSTEM USING THRUST BEARING CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL DRIVE JOINTS AS SUSPENSION MEMBERS TO MINIMIZE WHEEL CAMBER

摘要

An independent wheel suspension system having an angle of at least five degrees between a wheel axis and a drive axis, the drive axis being established by a drive shaft coupling an outboard constant velocity joint within a wheel assemby with an inboard constant velocity universal joint within a differential housing, the independent wheel suspension system also has a swing arm coupling the wheel assembly to the vehicle frame and an angle of less than thirty degrees between the wheel axis and a swing axis, the swing axis being established through the center of the inboard constant velocity universal joint and a single pivot member coupling the swing arm to a transverse frame member of a vehicle frame.