rear axle for motor vehicles and motor vehicles with passive effect, and with such a rear axle.

摘要

1. Rear axle for automotive vehicle of the type wherein each wheel axle stub is connected to the wheel support, for instance with a drawn oscillating arm or with a drawn oscillating triangle, through the medium of a pivot means susceptible of pivoting against an elastic means under the effect of a lateral effort upon the wheel about an approximately vertical axis located backwards of the wheel axis, characterized in that the pivot means comprises a support member (11) for the wheel axle stub (6) rigidly connected by fastening means (12) to the wheel support (2) backwards of the wheel axis (X-X) and comprising a portion (11d, 11e) flexible along the vertical axis (Y-Y) located between the fastening means (12) and the axis (X-X) and in that the elastic means (17) is disposed between the portion (11c) of the support member (11) opposite to the fastening means (12) and the wheel support (2) so as to permit the bending of the support member (11) about the vertical axis (Y-Y) when the lateral effort upon the wheel (10) exceeds a threshold value set by the resilient means (17).