Wheel carrier assembly for a front axle or rear axle of a motor vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMicha Kunert
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Abstract
A wheel carrier assembly for a front axle or rear axle of a motor vehicle, with a wheel carrier part on which a link for a control arm assembly, a fixing device for a damper strut and a recess for a wheel bearing are provided. The wheel carrier part includes an air guide device for supplying air to a disk brake assembly, which as brake parts has at least a brake disk and a brake caliper. The wheel carrier part has a circumferentially hollow wheel carrier housing part. The air guide device includes at least one air inlet opening and at least one air outlet opening directed onto a brake part.
Claims10
A wheel carrier assembly for a front axle or rear axle of a motor vehicle, said wheel carrier assembly comprising:
- a wheel carrier part on which links for a control arm assembly, fixing means for a damper strut and a recess for a wheel bearing are disposed,
- wherein the wheel carrier part comprises a circumferentially hollow wheel carrier housing part for supplying air to a disk brake assembly having at least a brake disk and a brake caliper that are each positioned outside of the hollow wheel carrier housing part, and wherein a hollow region of the circumferentially hollow wheel carrier housing part extends about an entire circumference of the wheel bearing,
- wherein the circumferentially hollow wheel carrier housing part comprises (i) at least one air inlet opening, (ii) a first air outlet opening facing the brake caliper through which air is distributed out of the wheel carrier part and onto the brake caliper, and (iii) a second air outlet opening facing the brake disk through which air is distributed out of the wheel carrier part and onto the brake disk.
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