ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,822, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Wheel suspension for a vehicle" was invented by Markus Brenner (Munich), Norbert Deixler (Unterhaching, Germany) and Malte Flake (Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel suspension for a vehicle, comprising: at least one wheel guiding element which connects a steering knuckle to a vehicle bodywork, and a spring-based and/or vibration-based damping element functioning like a shock-absorber strut or a suspension strut or a spiral spring, wherein the spring-based and/or vibration-based damping element is connected to the steer...