Abstract: A printer having a printing unit that prints an image; a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission; and a processor configured to: acquire an image to be printed from an external device; detect representative colors of regions by dividing the image to be printed by the printing unit into a plurality of regions; and control light emission of the light emitting unit, wherein the processor further configured to cause the light emitting unit to switch colors of the light emission based on the representative colors of the regions in order according to a printing progress of the image to be printed by the printing unit.

Abstract: A cassette tape includes: a cassette case; a first tape roll and a second tape roll accommodated in the cassette case and rotatably supported thereby; and an RFID tag disposed at one of an upper wall and a lower wall of the cassette case. The first tape roll includes a first tape wound about a first winding axis extending in an axial direction. The second tape roll includes a second tape wound about an axis different from the first winding axis and extending in the axial direction. The second tape roll has a smaller diameter than the first tape roll. The RFID tag includes an antenna and a storage element for radiocommunication to read and write data. A part of the RFID tag is positioned to overlap with a part of the first tape roll in a predetermined direction parallel to the axial direction.

Abstract: A printing device includes a medium holding portion a medium holding portion on which a medium is placed, a discharge unit, a holding portion, a first displacement mechanism, a second displacement mechanism, and a contacting portion of the medium holding portion. The discharge unit is configured to discharge an object to the medium placed on the medium holding portion. The holding portion is configured to hold the discharge unit. The first displacement mechanism is configured to displace a relative position of the medium and the discharge unit along a placement surface of the medium. The second displacement mechanism is configured to displace the medium holding portion along a height direction. The contacting portion configured to come in contact with a contacted portion located at a surface of the medium holding portion, the medium placed on the surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for discharging liquid includes a rotary member, a liquid applier, a conveyance belt, a first heater, and a second heater. The rotary member is configured to convey a sheet material. The liquid applier is configured to apply liquid to the sheet material conveyed by the rotary member. The conveyance belt is configured to convey the sheet material fed from the rotary member. The first heater is configured to heat the sheet material between the rotary member and the conveyance belt. The second heater is configured to heat the sheet material conveyed by the conveyance belt.

Abstract: A contacting member is provided that contacts a region of a contacted member to which a liquid composition has been applied. The contacting member has a fluororesin fiber layer containing a fluororesin fiber, which is disposed on a surface which contacts the contacted member. The fluororesin fiber layer has an average deformation amount of from 5.0 to 18.0 ?m/N, which is calculated from a displacement amount obtained when a circular indenter having a diameter of 5 mm is pushed into the fluororesin fiber layer.

Abstract: Devices include an inkjet printhead having nozzles and a transport item adjacent the nozzles. The transport item includes vacuum openings adapted to maintain print media on the transport item. The transport item moves the print media in a processing direction. The transport item also includes a jetting area lacking the vacuum openings. The jetting area is elongated and is oriented perpendicular to the processing direction. The nozzles are controlled to eject ink to the jetting area when the nozzles are aligned with the jetting area.

Abstract: A printer includes a transport roller (driving roller, driven roller, counter roller) that is disposed in a casing, and configured to transport a sheet to be fed from roll paper, an image forming portion (thermal head) that is disposed in a cover (upper cover) of the casing, and configured to form an image on the sheet; and a platen roller that is disposed in the casing to face the image forming portion (thermal head). The image forming portion (thermal head) is movable in transport directions (feeding direction, drawing back direction) of the sheet, and the platen roller is movable in directions substantially vertical to the transport directions (feeding direction, drawing back direction).

Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including a support portion configured to support a medium, a printing unit configured to carry out printing onto the medium supported by the support portion, a support portion moving unit configured to move at least a part of the support portion in a facing direction in which the support portion and the printing unit face each other to change a support position of the medium in the facing direction, a detected unit having position information in the facing direction, the detected unit being configured to move in the facing direction together with the support portion, a detector configured to detect the position information, and a control unit configured to detect a position of the support portion in the facing direction, based on the position information detected by the detector.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus for conveying a conveyance object in a conveying direction is provided. The conveying apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect positions of a plurality of portions in an orthogonal direction of the conveyance object during the conveyance of the conveyance object, the orthogonal direction being orthogonal to the conveying direction; and a determining unit configured to make a determination as to whether the conveyance object has been subjected to expansion or contraction in the orthogonal direction, based on detection results of the positions of the plurality of portions.

Abstract: A printer includes: a printing head; a conveyor; a cutter for cutting the medium to provide a segmented medium; a discharge roller; a counter roller; a sensor for detecting whether the segmented medium remains between the discharge roller and the counter roller; and a controller configured to perform: setting an operation mode to one of a first mode and a second mode depending on a medium kind; controlling the printing head and the conveyor to perform a first print control on the medium; controlling the sensor to detect whether the segmented medium has been removed; and permitting a second print control to be performed. When the operation mode is the first mode, the second print control is permitted after the sensor detects whether the segmented medium has been removed. When the operation mode is the first mode, the second print control is permitted without controlling the sensor.

Abstract: A conveyance control device is configured to control conveyance of a sheet-shaped recording medium onto which a liquid is discharged by a liquid discharge device. The conveyance control device includes a conveyance driving roller, a non-contact conveyor, and processing circuitry. The conveyance driving roller is configured to control a conveyance speed of the recording medium. The non-contact conveyor includes a non-contact conveyance roller that constitutes part of a conveyance path of the recording medium. The non-contact conveyance roller has an outer peripheral surface in a non-contact state with the recording medium during conveyance of the recording medium. The processing circuitry is configured to control at least one of an operation of the conveyance driving roller and an operation of the non-contact conveyance roller such that a speed of the outer peripheral surface of the non-contact conveyance roller becomes a prescribed speed faster than the conveyance speed of the recording medium.

Abstract: A printer includes: a printing head configured to perform printing on a medium; a conveyor configured to convey the medium in a conveying direction; a cutter configured to cut the medium to provide a segmented medium; a discharge roller; a counter roller configured to nip the medium in cooperation with the discharge roller; a driver configured to rotate the discharge roller in a discharging direction; and a controller configured to perform: (a) controlling the printing head and the conveyor to perform the first print control based on a first print instruction to perform printing on the medium; (b) driving the driver to stop rotation of the discharge roller with the medium nipped between the discharge roller and the counter roller; and (c) driving, when a second print control subsequent to the first print control is allowed, the driver to rotate the discharge roller in the discharging direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport mechanism which transports a medium in a transport direction, a carriage configured to reciprocally move in scanning directions which intersect the transport direction, a liquid ejecting head which is installed on the carriage, and a tube through which the liquid supplied from a liquid storage container to the liquid ejecting head passes. The liquid ejecting apparatus further includes a holding section which holds a waste liquid storage body configured to store a waste liquid. The tube includes a movable portion which forms a curved portion which curves toward downstream in the transport direction and which causes a formation position of the curved portion to move and a fixed portion which is not movable. The holding section is disposed between the fixed portion and a scanning region of the carriage in the transport direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport section which transports a medium in a transport direction, a liquid ejecting head which ejects a liquid onto the medium, a carriage which supports the liquid ejecting head, a liquid storage container which stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head, and an discharge section which discharges the medium onto which the liquid is ejected. The liquid ejecting apparatus further includes a holding section which holds a waste liquid box configured to store the liquid eliminated from the liquid ejecting head as a waste liquid. The holding section is disposed at a position downstream of the carriage in the transport direction and above the discharge section.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: an apparatus main body; and a display mechanism that is provided to be displaceable with respect to the apparatus main body, is provided with an antenna used to perform communication with a mobile terminal, and is configured to display information. The apparatus main body is not located in a place where the display mechanism extends upwards and downwards the display mechanism in a state in which the display mechanism is displaced with respect to the apparatus main body.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a cooling member to absorb heat from a conveyed sheet and a plurality of cooling units to cool the cooling member. Each of the cooling units includes a coolant channel through which a coolant flows and a liquid-cooling device configured to cool the coolant that flows in the coolant channel. The coolant channels are disposed on or inside the cooling member and arranged side by side in a sheet conveyance direction. The coolant channels includes a downstream coolant channel being downstream from at least one of the plurality of coolant channels in the sheet conveyance direction, and an upstream coolant channel being upstream from the downstream coolant channel in the sheet conveyance direction. One of the liquid-cooling devices coupled to the downstream coolant channel has a cooling capacity higher than a cooling capacity of another of the liquid-cooling devices coupled to the upstream coolant channel.

Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes: an image former; an image reader including a line sensor and an optical unit; and a conveyor. The line sensor has imaging elements, and detects incident light from a surface of a recording medium over an imaging range corresponding to arrangement of the imaging elements in a width direction intersecting a relative movement direction in which the recording medium and/or the image reader is relatively moved, thereby performing one-dimensional imaging along the width direction. The optical unit removes a high-frequency-side component that is a spatial structure equal to or higher than a predetermined cutoff frequency from spatial distribution of the incident light from the imaging range and guides the incident light to the line sensor. The cutoff frequency for the high-frequency-side component is determined to be lower in the width direction than the relative movement direction.

Abstract: Provided is a printer, which serves as an information processing device and which includes: a housing; a cover including a first surface, in which an opening is formed, the cover being configured to pivot about an axis of a first rotating shaft parallel to the first surface; and a touch panel, which is to be located in the opening when the cover is in a closed state in which the cover covers the housing. The cover includes a frame between an edge of the first surface and the opening.

Abstract: A method is described for creating a pattern on a natural material of human or animal origin. In embodiments, the method deposits a liquid treatment composition including at least one acid on a natural material, which comprises calcium carbonate.

Abstract: A package includes a print target material on which printing is to be performed by a printing apparatus. The package includes a plate-like member, a positioning target portion, and an opening portion. The plate-like member configured to hold a portion on which printing is to be performed, of the print target material to cause the portion to be flat. The positioning target portion is arranged in the plate-like member and configured to engage with a positioning member configured to position the print target material with respect to a printing position in the printing apparatus. A portion of a printing region of the print target material is opened in the opening portion.

Abstract: A sheet includes a first surface, a second surface, an adhesive portion, a fold-back portion, and a first area. The first surface extends in a first direction. The second surface is opposite to the first surface, and allows light to pass therethrough from the first surface to the second surface. the adhesive portion is a portion of the first surface to which an adhesive is applied, and is disposed at a first end portion of the sheet in the first direction. The fold-back portion is disposed on the first end portion. The first area is disposed on the adhesive portion between a first edge of the first end portion and the fold-back portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to leveling compositions, embossed print media, and methods of preparing embossed print media. The embossed print media can include a media substrate, an image-receiving layer applied to the media substrate at a coating weight of 3 gsm to 50 gsm, and a leveling composition layer. The image-receiving layer can include a pigment filler having an average particle size ranging from 0.1 ?m to 20 ?m and a polymeric binder, and in examples herein, is embossed. The leveling composition layer can be applied at a coating weight of 0.2 gsm to 3 gsm to the image-receiving layer, and can include a cationic ionene polymer.

Abstract: An ink jet recording medium includes a substrate and an ink-receiving layer as the uppermost surface layer, with the ink-receiving layer containing inorganic particles mainly including alumina particles, and a binder mainly containing a water-insoluble resin, wherein the content of the inorganic particles is 50% by mass or more relative to the total mass of the ink-receiving layer and the surface roughness (Ra) of the ink-receiving layer measured with a scanning probe microscope is in the range of 30 nm to 150 nm.

Abstract: A fabric print medium containing a fabric base substrate with a first and a second side; a polymeric barrier layer that is extruded, or a polymeric barrier layer with adhesion property that is laminated, on at least one side of the fabric base substrate; a primary coating composition that includes a polymeric binder and filler particles applied over a polymeric barrier layer; and an image-receiving coating composition that includes, at least, a first crosslinked polymeric network and a second crosslinked polymeric network, that is applied over the primary coating composition. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric print medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.

Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus using acoustic levitation, the printing apparatus including an acoustic levitation unit, which includes at least one acoustic wave generator and is configured to generate an acoustic field to levitate at least one printing material and form print layers having specific patterns; a material supply unit configured to supply the printing material; and a placing unit including a plate, wherein the print layers are sequentially stacked on the plate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processing tray, a post-processing controller, and a detection sensor. The processing tray is configured to support a sheet or a sheet bundle on which a post-processing is to be executed. The post-processing controller is configured to execute the post-processing on the sheet positioned on the processing tray. The detection sensor is configured to detect an object in a predetermined detection range including a space above the processing tray. The post-processing controller stops execution of the post-processing when the detection sensor detects the object at a determination timing other than a timing at which passage of the sheet or the sheet bundle through the detection range is estimated.

Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods for making a multiple layer thermoplastic security document having a window using CO2 laser cutting and engraving in combination with a vision system for precision registration of cut windows of each layer and layer to layer registration and further provides application and registration of security features between layers within the security document body including an embedded gray scale watermark.

Abstract: An improved data bearing card includes a card body, personalization data unique to the data bearing card, and non-visible production indicia, separate from the personalization data, disposed on the card body and indicative of production-related information not otherwise provided on the data bearing card. The non-visible production indicia may be indicative of a corresponding piece of production equipment and/or an operator thereof utilized in connection with the data bearing card, or of a location of a corresponding region of a sheet assembly from which the corresponding card body was separated during production, or of other production-related information. The non-visible production indicia facilitates remedial action in the event that a defect or near-defect is found in the card body or other components of the data bearing card, and may otherwise facilitate card tracking during the production process.

Abstract: An automobile hub with a hollow rim includes a wheel disc and the rim with at least one hollow cavity, in which the rim includes at least two mutually nested rings and an axial end cap at the same ends of the at least two rings, and the hollow cavity consists of the rings and the axial end cap. The outer side of one end of the wheel disc includes axial rim mounting grooves, and the rim is inserted into the rim mounting grooves and fixed to the wheel disc through the end without the axial end cap. By employing the automobile hub with the hollow rim, the hub assembling method, and the automobile having the hub, the weight of the hub can be further reduced, and the hub has sufficient strength.

Abstract: A mounting portion of a disc includes a flat plate portion having a pressing surface to be pressed against a hub of an axle, and a plurality of nut support portions protruding from the flat plate portion to a side opposite to the pressing surface in an axial direction of the disc, and having an annular shape as viewed from the axial direction. A bolt hole is provided to penetrate the nut support portion in the axial direction. The nut support portion includes a bulging portion curving to bulge outward in a radial direction of the nut support portion, and a protruding portion disposed adjacent to the bulging portion in a circumferential direction of the nut support portion, and protruding inward in the radial direction of the nut support portion with respect to the bulging portion.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic wheel having a hub, an outer tread band and a plurality of spokes connecting the hub with the outer tread band, each of the plurality of spokes having first and second spoke elements joined by a body comprised of an elastomer connecting the first spoke element to the second spoke element.

Abstract: In the context of service and maintenance of heavy road vehicles, apparatus is provided that is configured to engage and support a rack and manoeuvre it into position relative to the vehicle to facilitate removal and installation of the wheels. The rack has a frame with a base and a pair of arms, each arm being pivotally attached to opposite sides of the base to pivot between an open configuration and a folded configuration. The apparatus may be expanded and contracted between an expanded configuration, where the rack engagement assembly is configured to engage the rack in the open configuration, and a contracted configuration where the rack engagement assembly is configured to engage the rack in the folded configuration.

Abstract: A bicycle axle is provided, including a mandrel and a sleeve member. The mandrel defines an axial direction and includes an axial rod, a head portion radially protruding from an end of the axial rod and an engaging portion radially protruding from the axial rod and being axially spaced apart from the head portion. The sleeve member is sleeved around the head portion and includes a flange radially extending inwardly. At least part of the flange is located between the head portion and the engaging portion and is abuttable against the head portion and the engaging portion in the axial direction.

Abstract: A motor vehicle tire is reinforced by at least one carbon steel band that has a very low carbon content and high strength in the work-hardened state The carbon steel comprises (% by weight) between 0.05% and 0.4% of carbon, between 0.5% and 4% of manganese, between 0.1% and 2.5% of silicon, optionally (i) less than 1.5% of aluminium, (ii) less than 0.5% of each of the metals boron, chromium, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, and zirconium, and (iii) less than 0.05% of each of the elements phosphorus, sulfur, nitrogen, or rare earth, and the rest is made up of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting. The microstructure of the work-hardened carbon steel is mainly martensitic or ferritic-martensitic. The strength, denoted Rm, of the strip is greater than 1200 MPa and its elongation at break, denoted At, is between 1% and 5%.

Abstract: Metal or metallized reinforcer, at least the surface of which is at least partially metallic, at least said metallic part being coated with a polybenzoxazine, the repeat units of which comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): in which: Z1 represents an at least divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic bonding group comprising at least one carbon atom and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from O, S, N and P; X1 and X2, which are identical or different, represent O or S; Ar1 and Ar2, which are identical or different, represent a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group; Z2 represents O or (S)n, the symbol “n” representing an integer equal to 1 or greater than 1. Use of such a reinforcement for the reinforcement of a rubber article, in particular a motor vehicle tyre.

Abstract: Provided is a tire in which a steel cord applied to a carcass ply has improved corrosion resistance to water penetration, fretting resistance, and cord untwisting resistance. Provided is a tire including a carcass ply (1) as a skeleton, the carcass ply is reinforced by a steel cord including no wrapping filament. The steel cord is composed of a plurality of steel filaments having 3 or more core filaments, at least a part of the surface of each of the plurality of steel filaments is coated with a resin material containing at least an ionomer, and when a resin component contained in the resin material is composed of a single resin, the melting point of the resin material is 150° C. or less, and when the resin component is composed of a composition containing two or more resins, the softening point of the resin material is 150° C. or less.

Abstract: A tire (1) for an agricultural vehicle comprises a working reinforcement (2), radially on the inside of a tread (3) and radially on the outside of a carcass reinforcement (4), the working reinforcement (2) comprising a multilayer component made up of a radial stack of at least two working layers (21, 22), and aims to improve the endurance thereof. The working reinforcement (2) is made up of a circumferential spiral winding of at least one turn of the multilayer component, the first and second circumferential ends (211, 221; 212, 222) of each working layer (21, 22) are circumferentially offset from one another, and the respective first circumferential ends (211, 221) of two consecutive working layers (21, 22) are likewise circumferentially offset from one another.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire 10 according to the present invention, as an average sipe interval hc defined by an average interval of sipes adjacent to each other in a tire circumferential direction in a center portion block, which is a block arranged at a position including a tire equatorial line, and an average sipe interval hs is defined in a shoulder portion block, which is a block located at an ground contact end in a tire width direction, a relation of 1.05?(hs/hc)?4.00 is fulfilled.

Abstract: Provided is a tire including: a decorative part having a base surface; and a first patterned region in which plural first protrusions protruding from the base surface of the decorative part at a protrusion height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm and intervals of larger than 1.0 mm and 3.0 mm or smaller are formed.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a puncture prevention member adhered to at least a part of an inner surface of a tire body, wherein the puncture prevention member includes one or more protective layers each of which includes: an internal pressure retention layer; and a protective material located on a tire outer surface side of the internal pressure retention layer in at least a part of an extending region of the internal pressure retention layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for applying noise reducing elements to tyres for vehicle wheels. Noise reducing elements (12), all equal to each other, are fed in succession on a conveyor (20) according to a predetermined path and are oriented on the predetermined path all in the same way. Tyres (2) of different sizes (C, P) are fed in succession on a conveyor (20) up to an application station (34). In the application station (34), the noise reducing elements (12) are picked up from the conveyor (20) and applied to radially inner surfaces of the tyres (2). The application comprises: arranging the noise reducing elements (12) with the larger dimension (L) directed in a circumferential direction or arranging the noise reducing elements (12) with the larger dimension (L) directed in an axial direction as a function of the sizes (C, P) of the tyre (2) in which they are applied.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire of the present disclosure comprising a puncture prevention member bonded to at least a part of an inner surface of a tire body, and the puncture prevention member satisfies relational expressions: S?100×M×T+4.5 and Y/(M×T)?2, where M is a 100% modulus in MPa of a portion of the puncture prevention member in which the 100% modulus is lowest, T is a thickness in mm of the portion of the puncture prevention member, Y is an initial rigidity in N/mm during nail intruding, and S is a penetration strength in N of a portion of the puncture prevention member in which the penetration strength is highest.

Abstract: A system for programming a tire pressure sensor includes data processing hardware and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware. The memory hardware stores instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to (i) transmit at least one communication protocol to the tire pressure sensor, and (ii) determine a status of at least one of a power source of the tire pressure sensor or a memory of the tire pressure sensor based on the at least one communication protocol.

Abstract: A wheel comprising a rim carrying a tire that co-operates with the rim to define an inside volume, the wheel comprising a pressure measurement device comprising an electronic control circuit that is connected to a pressure sensor, to an absence-of-movement sensor for sensing that the wheel is not moving and to an electronic circuit for wireless communication, the pressure measurement device being arranged to cause pressure to be measured while the wheel is detected as not moving. A pressure measurement device and an associated measurement method.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a container hitch for facilitating detachably attaching of a container to a vehicle. Accordingly, the container hitch may include a primary member (PM), a secondary member (SM), and a tertiary member (TM). Further, the PM may be detachably couplable to a tow hitch of a vehicle using a primary coupling mechanism. Further, a first primary part of the primary coupling mechanism may be included in a first primary end of the PM and a second primary part of the primary coupling mechanism may be included in the tow hitch. Further, the SM may be coupled to the PM. Further, a first secondary end of the SM may be coupled to a second primary end of the PM. Further, the TM may be coupled with the SM. Further, a first tertiary end of the TM may be coupled with a second secondary end of the SM.

Abstract: A trailer suitable for affixation to an all-terrain vehicle in at least two configurations, and methods for securing a trailer to an ATV. The trailer has a bed including a frame, longitudinal bars, and latitudinal bars, with a pair of wheels secured under the bed. The latitudinal bars are bent at their ends so that the ends extend beyond the sides of the bed and bend upward, with apertures positioned at each end of the latitudinal bars. A base plate is secured to and extends perpendicularly upward from the first end of the bed, with an aperture positioned thereon sized to receive a ball hitch when the trailer is affixed to the ATV in a first configuration. Affixed to the second end of the bed is a trailer coupler to receive the ball hitch for affixation to the ATV in a second configuration.

Abstract: An accessory for an electrical receptacle on a towing vehicle provides a housing configured to mate with the receptacle. Terminals in the receptacle and the housing electrically connect to provide power to electronic components in the housing. The electronic components connect to a USB port exposed through the housing so a user may power USB devices from the electrical receptacle on the towing vehicle.

Abstract: An amphibious pumping vehicle has a floatable vehicle body, a ground engaging propulsion structure, a fluid pump, a plurality of fluid nozzles comprising a first fluid nozzle connected by a fluid conduit to the fluid pump and at least one second fluid nozzle connected to the fluid conduit, a valve structure in the fluid conduit, the plurality of fluid nozzles and the valve structure co-operating to provide directional control and motive power for the vehicle when floating, and a power source configured to provide power to both the ground engaging propulsion structure and the fluid pump.

Abstract: A two wheeled planing amphibian (10) has a hull (20), bow (24), front wheel (30) and rear wheel (40). Front suspension (32) and rear suspension (42) are retractable, separately or simultaneously. Front wheel (30) may retract vertically or rotationally. Steering is by handlebars (50), link (54), and forks (36). Front wheel (20) may be located outside the hull in both protracted and retracted positions. The underside of hull (20) may be continuous in both land mode and marine mode along and across its centreline from the bow to the rearmost underside point on the hull along the centreline; or from the forwardmost underside point on the hull when it is planing at its lowest speed to the rear. There may be no wheel closures attached to the hull. A wheel bay (22), which is open at its top side, may be provided to allow rear wheel retraction.

Abstract: A vehicle axle with a centrally arranged drive unit and a wheel suspension which has a wheel carrier for holding a wheel, a lower wheel-guiding control arm for the articulated connection of the carrier to a vehicle body, a camber link that connects the carrier to the body and steering unit for steering the wheel. The carrier and control arm are connected directly, in a first connection area, and indirectly via an integral link, in a second connection area, so that the carrier can pivot relative to the control arm about a steering axis. The control arm can be connected to the body in forward and rear areas, and has a rotational axis that extends obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. All connection areas of the control arm are positioned outside the centrally arranged drive unit relative to the transverse direction of the vehicle.