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US 11,052,716 B2Granted
Motor vehicle axle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRalf Andreas Schellhaas, Jens Glorer
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Abstract
An axle for a vehicle, wherein the axle includes a transverse axle portion having a longitudinal end. The axle including a first axle portion connecting the transverse portion to a chassis of the vehicle and a second axle portion connecting the transverse portion to a wheel carrier for supporting a vehicle wheel. A vibration damper is arranged in a receiver in one of the axle portions.
Claims10
A vehicle axle comprising:
- an axle cross member;
- a tubular, longitudinally extending carrier, including a first axle portion and a second axle portion;
- the first axle portion and the second axle portion connected to the axle cross member, wherein the axle cross member and the tubular, longitudinally extending carrier form a T-shaped structure;
- the first axle portion and the second axle portion forming a continuous tube extending from a distal end of the first axle portion to a distal end of the second axle portion, the first axle portion and the second axle portion extending radially from the axle cross member, with the distal end of the first axle portion and the distal end of the second axle portion spaced from the axle cross member;
- a wheel carrier connected to the second axle portion adjacent the distal end of the second axle portion;
- the second axle portion having a tubular cross-section including a wall, the wall delineates an interior space bounded by the second axle portion at the distal end of the second axle portion, the wall and the interior space forming a receiver;
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- a vibration damper in the receiver wherein the vibration damper does not protrude beyond an outer surface of the wall of the second axle portion.
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A vehicle axle comprising:
- an axle cross member;
- a first axle portion connecting the axle cross member to a vehicle;
- a second axle portion connecting the axle cross member to a wheel carrier;
- an integral transition between the first axle portion and the second axle portion, wherein the first axle portion and the second axle portion and the integral transition comprise a seamless tube;
- the second axle portion having a tubular cross-section including a wall defining a hollow portion of the second axle portion, the second axle portion terminating at an open distal end;
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- a vibration damper positioned in the hollow portion of the second axle portion adjacent the open distal end of the second axle portion, wherein the vibration damper is contained in the hollow portion of the second axle portion and the wall of the second axle portion surrounds the vibration damper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.