Link rod for a motor vehicle
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsFrank Nachbar, Volker Grube
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Abstract
A link rod for a motor vehicle, with a connecting rod (4) designed with an open profile that extends in an axial direction (x), which comprises a back (8) and two opposed sidepieces (9, 10) which are connected to one another by the back (8), extending away from the back so as to enclose an angle (a) of less than 180° between them. Two joints (2, 3) are connected to one another by the connecting rod (4), each joint comprises a joint housing (5) and an inner joint component (6) that is fitted and able to move in the housing and extends outwardly therefrom. The connecting rod (4) is embedded, at its respective axial ends, in one of the joint housings (5), and the sidepieces (9, 10) enclose an angle (α) of at least 90° between them.
Claims13
A link rod for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a connecting rod in a form of an open profile that extends in an axial direction, and comprising a back and two opposed sidepieces which are connected to one another by the back and extending away from the back such that ends of the sidepieces facing away from the back are free ends of the sidepieces, and the two sidepieces enclosing an angle of at least 90° and less than 180° therebetween, and
- two joints being connected to one another by the connecting rod,
- each of the two joints comprising a joint housing and an inner joint component that is fitted and able to move in the joint housing and extending outward from the joint housing, and
- the connecting rod being embedded, at respective axial ends thereof, in one of the joint housings.
A link rod for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a connecting rod having an open profile extending in an axial direction and comprising a back and two sidepieces, the back facilitates connecting the two sidepieces to one another, and the two sidepieces extending away from the back and enclosing an angle of at least 90° less than 180° therebetween, and ends of the sidepieces facing away from the back are free ends of the sidepieces, and
- two joints being connected to one another by the connecting rod,
- each of the two joints comprising a joint housing and an inner joint component that is fitted and able to move in the joint housing and extending outward from the joint housing, and
- the connecting rod being embedded, at respective axial ends thereof, in one of the joint housings.
A link rod for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a connecting rod defining a longitudinal axis, the connecting rod having a planar back and first and second sidepieces that are integral with and extending from laterally opposite sides of the planar back, such that ends of the sidepieces facing away from the back are free ends of the sidepieces,
- one axial end of the connecting rod being embedded within a housing of a first joint and an opposite axial end of the connecting rod being embedded within a housing of a second joint,
- the housings of the first and the second joints each receiving a respective inner joint component such that the inner joint components being respectively pivotably coupled, via the first and the second joints, to the connecting rod,
- the inner joint components of the first and the second joints extending outwardly from the housings of the first and the second joints, respectively, and
- the first and the second sidepieces are oriented with respect to one another to enclose an angle therebetween which is at least 90° but less than 180°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.