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Abstract

A wheel suspension arrangement is provided for supporting and guiding a rear wheel and wheel carrier of a motor vehicle. More specifically, a lower wheel guide linkage is provided which includes a rear guide rod arm formed as a leaf spring which extends transversely of the vehicle from the wheel carrier to a pivot bearing support at the vehicle body. A front guide rod arm assembly is also provided which includes a longitudinal strut member extending from the wheel carrier forwardly. The forward end of the longitudinal strut member is elastically supported on a bearing rotating shaft by way of an elastic bushing interposed between a sleeve of the longitudinal strut member and the rotating bearing shaft. The rotating bearing shaft is in turn connected to the vehicle body by way of a bearing, which also permits limited movement thereof about a vertical axis. In order to accommodate relative angular movement of the longitudinal strut member and the rotating bearing shaft, a vertically extending pivot pin interconnects these members. In order to lend different elastic yieldingness to the hinged connection between the longitudinal strut member and the bearing rotating shaft, portions of the elastic material of the elastic bushing are cutaway at the horizontal sides.

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