ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,681, issued on March 17, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Wheel suspension for a wheel of a vehicle" was invented by Peter Kontermann (Osnabruck, Germany), Arnold Gurr (Osnabruck, Germany) and Markus Laile (Eriskirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel suspension is provided for a wheel of a vehicle. In one example, the suspension has a wheel carrier with a wheel bearing, and a wheel hub is rotatably mounted in the wheel bearing and rotatable about a wheel axis of the wheel carrier. A steering mechanism is configured for adjusting a wheel steering angle, where the wheel carrier can be ro...