Torsion spring arrangement for a wheel suspension arrangement of a motor vehicle, and wheel suspension arrangement for a wheel of an axle of a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11097585-B2
Application number	US-201816768253-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2018
Priority date	Nov 30, 2017
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

A torsion spring arrangement for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, including two torsion bars arranged coaxially one inside another and also a spring element, which is arranged axially-parallel to the two coaxial torsion bars and can be mounted on the motor vehicle body via a bearing position, wherein the radial outer hollow-cylindrical torsion bar can be mounted on the motor vehicle body side and is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to an output lever fastenable on a wheel guiding element and the radial inner torsion bar is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the outer torsion bar and is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner via a coupling to the spring element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A torsion spring arrangement for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, comprising:
two torsion bars arranged coaxially one inside another and also a spring element, which is arranged with radial distance to the two coaxial torsion bars, is aligned in the axial direction of the torsion bars and can be mounted on the motor vehicle body via a bearing position, wherein the outer hollow-cylindrical torsion bar viewed in the radial direction can be mounted on the motor vehicle body side and is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to an output lever fastenable on a wheel guiding element and the inner torsion bar viewed in the radial direction is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the outer torsion bar and in a rotationally-fixed manner to the spring element via a coupling,
wherein the spring element is mounted via a spring element bearing on the coupling, which is designed in such a way that exclusively a translational deflection oriented in the tangential direction is applied to the spring element, and in that the bearing position mounting the spring element on the motor vehicle body side is designed as a fixed bearing.

2. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spring element is designed in the form of a leaf spring.

3. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the leaf spring is formed from a metallic material or a fiber-composite material.

4. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spring element bearing comprises a deflectable bearing element translationally guided via a guide, a first bearing part connected to the coupling and to the bearing element, and a second bearing part connected to the spring element and the bearing element, and also means which convert the rotational coupling movement into a translational movement of the bearing element and thus of the second bearing part.

5. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the means for converting the rotational coupling movement into a translational movement are designed in the form of a pivotable mounting of the coupling on the bearing element.

6. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein for the pivotable mounting of the coupling on the bearing element, the coupling is pivotably mounted on the first bearing part around a first pivot axis (S 1 ) aligned in parallel to the two torsion bars, and in that the first bearing part is pivotably arranged on the bearing element around a second pivot axis (S 2 ) lying in parallel to the first pivot axis (S 1 ).

7. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the means for converting the rotational coupling movement into a translational movement are formed in the form of a rubber-metal bearing arranged between the guide and the first and/or the second bearing part.

8. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the spring element is pivotably mounted on the second bearing part around a third pivot axis (S 3 ) aligned perpendicular to the torsion bars and perpendicular to the guide.

9. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the spring element bearing comprises a deflectable bearing element translationally guided via a guide, a first bearing part connected to the coupling and to the bearing element, and a second bearing part connected to the spring element and the bearing element, and also means which convert the rotational coupling movement into a translational movement of the bearing element and thus of the second bearing part.

10. The torsion spring arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the spring element bearing comprises a deflectable bearing element translationally guided via a guide, a first bearing part connected to the coupling and to the bearing element, and a second bearing part connected to the spring element and the bearing element, and also means which convert the rotational coupling movement into a translational movement of the bearing element and thus of the second bearing part.

11. A wheel suspension for a wheel of an axle of a motor vehicle, comprising a suspension spring acting between the motor vehicle body and a wheel guiding element, wherein the suspension spring is designed in the form of a torsion spring arrangement comprising:
two torsion bars arranged coaxially one inside another and also a spring element, which is arranged with radial distance to the two coaxial torsion bars, is aligned in the axial direction of the torsion bars and can be mounted on the motor vehicle body via a bearing position, wherein the outer hollow-cylindrical torsion bar viewed in the radial direction can be mounted on the motor vehicle body side and is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to an output lever fastenable on a wheel guiding element and the inner torsion bar viewed in the radial direction is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the outer torsion bar and in a rotationally-fixed manner to the spring element via a coupling,
wherein the spring element is mounted via a spring element bearing on the coupling, which is designed in such a way that exclusively a translational deflection oriented in the tangential direction is applied to the spring element, and in that the bearing position mounting the spring element on the motor vehicle body side is designed as a fixed bearing.

12. The wheel suspension as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the wheel suspension furthermore comprises a stabilizer aligned in the vehicle transverse direction and designed in the form of a hollow-cylindrical torsion spring bar, wherein the torsion spring arrangement is partially arranged coaxially in the interior of the hollow-cylindrical torsion spring bar.

13. The wheel suspension as claimed in claim 12 , wherein in the region of the coaxially nested arrangement of the components, torsion spring bar and torsion spring arrangement, the components, torsion spring bar and torsion spring arrangement are enclosed by a housing fixedly mounted on the vehicle body side, wherein the torsion spring bar of the stabilizer is mounted on the housing and thus on the motor vehicle body side and wherein the hollow-cylindrical torsion bar of the torsion spring arrangement is fixedly mounted on the housing and the fixed bearing associated with the spring element is fixedly mounted on the housing and thus on the motor vehicle body side.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Schindler Sebastian
• Engel Mike

Classifications

• B60G17/033

  characterised by regulating means acting on more than one spring · CPC title

• B60G2202/114

  transversally arranged · CPC title

• B60G11/44 Primary

  and also torsion-bar springs · CPC title

• B60G21/0551

  Mounting means therefor · CPC title

• B60G17/025

  the mechanical spring being a torsion spring (B60G17/0277, B60G21/0553 take precedence) · CPC title