Road vehicle rear axle - has tubular cross brace with both ends having non=torsional cross=section and that of centre being torsionally weak, with double walled profile arm

摘要

The road vehicle axle has two wheel-bearing longitudinal guides (2) elastically linked to the superstructure, which pivot about an axis transverse to the direction of travel. The longitudinal guides are welded to one another by a cross brace parallel to and spaced away from the pivot axis which is non-bendable but torsionally weak. The cross brace (5) over its total length comprises a tube profile (12), which at both ends has a non-torsional cross-section and in the central area a torsionally weak U,V,L,X or similar cross-section with at least one double-walled profile arm. The cross section of the connection point of the guides and the brace has a rotationally symmetrical shape which allows an axial turning of the cross brace before welding.