Chassis arrangement for a motor vehicle, and method for operating a motor vehicle
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorsClaudio Fernandes, Alexandre Pinto
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Abstract
Chassis arrangement for a motor vehicle for passenger transportation, having two axles which are arranged at a spacing from one another in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction and in each case have wishbones with the incorporation of a spring element for the independent wheel suspension system. A first axle, lying at the front in a driving direction, is lowered from a neutral position by from 5 to 50 mm, 10 to 20 mm, in order to drive in said driving direction, and a second axle, lying at the rear in the driving direction, is raised by from 5 to 50 mm, 10 to 20 mm, in each case by way of adjustment of the spring elements, it being possible for the driving direction to be reversed.
Claims12
A chassis arrangement of a motor vehicle, the chassis arrangement comprising:
- first and second axles arranged at a spacing from one another in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle,
- each of the first and second axles comprising:
- upper and lower components coupled to a subframe, and
- spring elements between the upper and lower components,
- wherein, in order to drive in a first driving direction, the spring elements are adjustable to
- lower the first axle, lying at a front in the first driving direction, from a neutral position by a height within the range of 5 to 50 mm, and
- raise the second axle, lying at a rear in the first driving direction, from the neutral position by a height within the range of 5 to 50 mm, and
- wherein, in order to drive in a second driving direction reversed from the first driving direction, the spring elements are adjustable to
- raise the first axle from the neutral position by a height within the range of 5 to 50 mm, and
- lower the second axle from the neutral position by a height within the range of 5 to 50 mm,
- wherein, wheels coupled to the raised axle are toed-in, and wheels coupled to the lowered axle are toed-out, and
- the toed-in wheels and the toed-out wheels are coupled to the raised axle and the lowered axle, respectively, at static wheel load of the motor vehicle.
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