Multi-link independent suspension

[Tracie Lynn]

The multi-link independent suspension was developed in order to optimize wheel movement geometry. A wheel which is not constrained by attachment to an axle can move in a vertical, horizontal or perpendicular direction. To prevent the wheel from moving in any other direction but a prescribed path, multi-link independent suspension attaches the wheel to five or sometimes even six flexibly mounted links, that can limit the wheels kinematic behaviour to just one degree of movement freedom - which is vertical movement.