Independent suspension

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10744833-B2
Application number	US-201615735366-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2016
Priority date	Jun 23, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

An independent wheel suspension includes a knuckle which is supported on a spring support connected to a vehicle body. The knuckle is connected to the spring support via a knuckle pin and is arranged so as to be mounted rotatably around a longitudinal axis A of the knuckle pin. The transverse control arms are mounted at the upper end and lower end, respectively, of the knuckle pin. The spring support is connected to the knuckle pin so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it so that the knuckle pin connects the spring support, the knuckle and the upper transverse control arm and lower transverse control arm together. The independent wheel suspension has a further safety component which prevents the knuckle pin from rotating in an uncontrolled manner around its longitudinal axis A.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. In an independent wheel suspension of a class wherein a knuckle is supported on a spring support which is to be connected to a vehicle body via a vibration damper and a supporting spring or via a spring-damper module, wherein the knuckle is connected to the spring support via a knuckle pin and is arranged so as to be mounted rotatably around a longitudinal axis (A) of the knuckle pin, wherein a tie rod is operatively connected to the knuckle, wherein the independent wheel suspension has at least one upper transverse control arm and at least one lower transverse control arm, wherein the transverse control arms are mounted at an upper end and a lower end, respectively, of the knuckle pin, wherein the knuckle and the transverse control arms are mounted in each instance by means of a joint operative along three axes, and the spring support is connected to the knuckle pin so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to the knuckle pin so that the knuckle pin connects the spring support, the knuckle and the at least one upper transverse control arm and the at least one lower transverse control arm together, wherein the improvement comprises that the independent wheel suspension comprises,
a safety component constructed to prevent the knuckle pin from rotating in an uncontrolled manner around said longitudinal axis (A),
a steering arm directly connected to said knuckle for affecting a steering movement;
a fastening lever non-rotatably connected to said spring support for fatening said safety component to said spring support;
said safety component having a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein one said first and second end portion of the safety component is mounted directly at said fastening lever and the other one of said first and second end portion is mounted at the vehicle body by a joint which is operative along at least one axis; and
wherein said join at the at least one upper and lower transverse control arm is a ball joint or a molecular joint having a vertical axis coaxial with said longitudinal axis (A) of said knuckle pin.

2. The independent wheel suspension according to claim 1 , wherein said joint at said first end portion and at said second end portion of said safety component is constructed as a joint operative along three axes.

3. The independent wheel suspension according to claim 1 , additionally comprising at least one steering stop extending from said spring support, and wherein said fastening lever is formed at said at least one steering stop.

4. The independent wheel suspension according to claim 1 , wherein said spring support has at least one fastening arrangement constructed for fastening a stabilizer to said spring support.

5. The independent wheel suspension according to claim 1 , wherein said fastening lever defines a working distance (X) of said safety component from said longitudinal axis (A) of the knuckle pin.

6. The independent wheel suspension according to claim 5 , wherein said fastening lever is connected to said spring support by positive engagement and/or bonding and/or frictional engagement.

7. The independent wheel suspension according to claim 5 , wherein said fastening lever is formed integral with said spring support.

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Gell Klaus
• Wimmer Johann

Classifications

• B62D7/18

  Steering knuckles; King pins · CPC title

• B60G2204/416

  Ball or spherical joints · CPC title

• B60G2200/44

  steerable · CPC title

• B60G15/00

  Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location or type of combined spring and vibration damper, e.g. telescopic type (combined spring and vibration-dampers per se F16F) · CPC title

• B60G3/20 Primary

  all arms being rigid · CPC title