Device for adjusting the height of a motor vehicle body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10889155-B2
Application number	US-201615777780-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2016
Priority date	Nov 19, 2015
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

A device for adjusting the height of a motor vehicle body (3), including an actuator (1) for actuating a vertically adjustable spring seat of a suspension spring (15), characterized in that a pin (4) is provided for connecting the device to the vehicle body (3), an actuator side pin section (10) extends through a support eye (6) in a support plate (7) of the actuator (1), and an elastomer support (2) is disposed at least on the face of the support plate (7) facing the vehicle body, between the support plate (7) and a flange (9) provided on the bolt (4).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for adjusting a height of a motor vehicle body, the device comprising an actuator for actuating a height-adjustable spring seat of a suspension spring, the actuator including a support plate, a pin for connecting the device to the vehicle body, said pin passes with an actuator-side pin section thereof through a support eye of the support plate, and an elastomer support arranged at least on a vehicle body-side axial end of the support plate between the support plate and a flange provided on the pin.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the flange is configured on one end for supporting the elastomer support.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the flange is configured on an other end thereof for supporting the pin on the vehicle body.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the pin has a vehicle body-side pin section, and the actuator-side pin section and the vehicle body-side pin section each include a screw thread, and the flange is arranged between the actuator-side and the vehicle body-side pin sections.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the support plate is arranged between the flange and a nut screwed on the screw thread of the actuator-side pin section.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the pin has a one-part construction and is provided with the actuator-side and the vehicle body-side pin sections connected rigidly to each other, and an elastomer part of the elastomer support is arranged on each of the vehicle body-side axial end and an opposite axial end of the support plate.

7. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the pin has a multiple-part construction including a vehicle body-side pin part which includes the vehicle body-side pin section with the screw thread, and an actuator-side pin part which includes the actuator-side pin section with the screw thread, the actuator-side and the vehicle body-side pin parts are guided for movement longitudinally relative to each other, and the flange is connected rigidly to the vehicle body-side pin part.

8. A motor vehicle body adjustment device comprising:
an actuator configured to adjust a height-adjustable spring seat of a suspension spring, the actuator including a support plate,
a pin configured to connect the actuator to a vehicle body, and
an elastomer support arranged at least on a vehicle body-side axial end of the support plate between the support plate and a flange provided on the pin.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the pin has a vehicle body-side pin section and an actuator-side pin section, each including a screw thread, the actuator-side pin section passes through a support eye of the support plate, and the flange is arranged between the actuator-side and the vehicle body-side pin sections.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the elastomer support includes a first elastomer part arranged between the support plate and the flange, and a second elastomer part arranged between the support plate and a nut screwed on the screw thread of the actuator-side pin section.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the pin has a one-part construction and is provided with the actuator-side and the vehicle body-side pin sections connected rigidly to each other.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the pin has a multiple-part construction including a vehicle body-side pin part which includes the vehicle body-side pin section and an actuator-side pin part which includes the actuator-side pin section, the actuator-side and the vehicle body-side pin parts are longitudinally moveable relative to each other in an axial direction of the pin, and the flange is connected rigidly to the vehicle body-side pin part.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Kraus Markus
• Harkort Christian
• Josvai Szilard
• Loos Michael

Classifications

• F16B35/041

  Specially-shaped shafts (shape of thread F16B33/02) · CPC title

• B60G2204/43

  Fittings, brackets or knuckles · CPC title

• B60G2206/8207

  by screwing · CPC title

• B60G2202/40

  Type of actuator · CPC title

• B60G2202/12

  Wound spring · CPC title