Shock absorber mount

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10933919-B2
Application number	US-201615237923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2016
Priority date	Aug 19, 2015
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A mount located in a wheel housing of a motor vehicle, the mount receiving an upper end of a shock absorber. The mount has a plurality of upper receiving points each mounting point for allowing a different shock absorber orientation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mount fastened in a wheel housing of a motor vehicle and receiving an upper end of a shock absorber comprising:
the mount having a longitudinal axis;
a first upper receiving point on the mount and a second upper receiving point on the mount;
the first upper receiving point includes a first receiving element having a first receiving element mounting face for receiving the upper end of the shock absorber at the first upper receiving point and the second upper receiving point includes a second receiving element having a second receiving element mounting face for receiving the upper end of the shock absorber at the second upper receiving point; and
the first receiving element mounting face extending at an obtuse angle to an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the mount and configured to receive the upper end of the shock absorber so the shock absorber extends at a first angle of incidence on one side of the axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the mount and the second receiving element mounting face extending at an obtuse angle to an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the mount and configured to receive the upper end of the shock absorber so the shock absorber extends at a second angle of incidence on an opposing side of the axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the mount.

2. A vehicle comprising:
a wheel housing;
a first wheel suspension configuration and a second wheel suspension configuration, the first wheel suspension configuration having a first wheel suspension lower receiving point and the second wheel suspension configuration having a second wheel suspension lower receiving point, the first wheel suspension lower receiving point and the second wheel suspension lower receiving point located at different positions;
a mount, said mount secured in said wheel housing and having a first mount receiving point and a second mount receiving point; and
a shock absorber, connected to the mount at one of the first mount receiving point and the second mount receiving point, when connected to the first mount receiving point the shock absorber extends between the first mount receiving point and the first wheel suspension lower receiving point and when connected to the second mount receiving point the shock absorber extends between the second mount receiving point and the second wheel suspension lower receiving point wherein the first and second mount receiving points are configured to receive an upper end of the shock absorber and the first and second wheel suspension lower receiving points are configured to receive a lower end of the shock absorber.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 wherein the mount includes a first receiving element for receiving the upper end of the shock absorber at the first mount receiving point and a second receiving element for receiving the upper end of the shock absorber at the second mount receiving point.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 wherein the first receiving element includes a mounting face extending at an obtuse angle and configured to receive the upper end of the shock absorber so the shock absorber extends at a first angle of incidence and the second receiving element includes a mounting face extending at an obtuse angle and configured to receive the upper end of the shock absorber so the shock absorber extends at a second angle of incidence.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 wherein the mount is rotatable by 180° relative to a first orientation.

6. A vehicle comprising:
a wheel housing;
a mount, said mount secured in the wheel housing and having a first mount receiving point and a second mount receiving point;
a first wheel suspension configuration and a second wheel suspension configuration, the first wheel suspension configuration having a first wheel suspension lower receiving point and the second wheel suspension configuration having a second wheel suspension lower receiving point; and
a single shock absorber connected to the mount and extending between the first mount receiving point and the first wheel suspension lower receiving point in the first wheel suspension configuration and the second mount receiving point and the second wheel suspension lower receiving point in the second wheel suspension configuration.

7. The vehicle of claim 6 wherein the first mount receiving point is spaced from the second mount receiving point, the first mount receiving point includes a mounting face extending at an obtuse angle and configured to receive an upper end of the shock absorber so the shock absorber extends at a first angle of incidence and the second mount receiving point includes a mounting face extending at an obtuse angle and configured to receive the upper end of the shock absorber so the shock absorber extends at a second angle of incidence.

8. The vehicle of claim 6 wherein the mount is rotatable by 180° relative to a first orientation.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Hintzen Ralf
• Wolf-Monheim Friedrich Peter
• Mainz Daniel
• Drotar Timothy
• Zandbergen Paul
• Zandbergen Nicole

Classifications

• B62D25/088 Primary

  Details of structures as upper supports for springs or dampers · CPC title

• B60G2204/128

  Damper mount on vehicle body or chassis · CPC title

• B60G13/003 Primary

  characterised by the mounting on the vehicle body or chassis of the damper unit · CPC title