Connection, assembly, and method
AssigneesThyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
InventorsAndrej Fischbuch, Hendrik Münstermann
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Abstract
An assembly for a wheel suspension includes a vibration damper and an add-on part. The vibration damper includes a contact region on which the add-on part is configured to rest and wherein the contact region is configured to receive a force transmitted thereon. A welding element is mechanically connected to the add-on part and welded to the contact region. The contact region and the welding element include the same material or weldable material partners and the add-on part and the contact region are formed from dissimilar and not mutually weldable materials.
Claims19
An assembly comprising:
- a vibration damper;
- an add-on part;
- wherein the vibration damper comprises a contact region on which the add-on part is configured to rest and wherein the contact region is configured to receive a force transmitted thereon;
- and
- wherein a welding element is mechanically connected to the add-on part and welded to the contact region;
- the contact region and the welding element comprising the same material or weldable material partners, and
- wherein the add-on part and the contact region are formed from dissimilar and not mutually weldable materials,
- wherein the contact region comprises a receptacle for welding material,
- wherein a first surface of the contact region that is welded to the welding element protrudes longitudinally farther away from a remainder of the vibration damper than a second surface of the contact region that is in contact with the add-on part.
An assembly comprising:
- an add-on part;
- a vibration damper that extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises a contact region that mates with the add-on part;
- and
- a welding element that is mechanically connected to the add-on part and is welded to the contact region of the vibration damper along a plane that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the contact region comprises an opening that is recessed from the plane, with a base of the vibration damper forming a base of the opening, wherein the contact region and the welding element comprise the same material or weldable material partners, wherein the add-on part and the contact region are formed from dissimilar and not mutually weldable materials,
- wherein a first surface of the contact region that is welded to the welding element at the plane protrudes longitudinally farther away from a remainder of the vibration damper than a second surface of the contact region that is in contact with the add-on part.
An assembly comprising:
- an add-on part;
- a vibration damper that extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises a contact region that mates with the add-on part along a first plane;
- and
- a welding element that is mechanically connected to the add-on part and is welded to the contact region of the vibration damper along a second plane that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, with the first and second planes being longitudinally spaced apart, with the second plane being disposed longitudinally farther away from a remainder of the vibration damper than the first plane,
- wherein the contact region and the welding element comprise the same material or weldable material partners, wherein the add-on part and the contact region are formed from dissimilar and not mutually weldable materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.