Axle unit
AssigneeSAF-HOLLAND GmbH
InventorsRoger Jansen, Gregory Galazin
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Abstract
An axle unit comprising a first suspension arm element and a second suspension arm element, wherein the first suspension arm element and the second suspension arm element can be mounted on a vehicle frame so as to be pivotable about a common pivot axis, wherein the first suspension arm element has a first joining region configured as a recess, and the second suspension arm element has a second joining region configured as a recess, wherein the first joining region and the second joining region are arranged on two opposing sides of an axle tube extending substantially along a tube axis, and wherein the axle tube can be secured by substance bonding in the first and second joining regions to the first and second suspension arm elements.
Claims26
An axle unit, comprising:
- a first suspension arm element;
- and
- a second suspension arm element;
- wherein the first suspension arm element and the second suspension arm element are configured to be mounted on a vehicle frame so as to be pivotable about a common pivot axis;
- wherein the first suspension arm element has a first joining region configured as a recess, and the second suspension arm element has a second joining region configured as a recess;
- wherein the first joining region and the second joining region are arranged on two opposing sides of an axle tube extending substantially along a tube axis;
- wherein the axle tube is secured by substance bonding in the first and second joining regions to the first and second suspension arm elements;
- wherein the first joining region and the second joining region are arranged offset to each other relative to the tube axis,
- wherein the first joining region has a first axial extension parallel to the tube axis;
- wherein the second joining region has a second axial extension parallel to the tube axis;
- wherein a first joint center is defined centrally to the first axial extension and perpendicular to the tube axis;
- wherein a second joint center is defined centrally to the second axial extension and perpendicular to the tube axis;
- and
- wherein the first joint center is spaced from the second joint center by an offset.
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