Chassis for a motor vehicle with variably adjustable ride height
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorLutz Bauer
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Abstract
A chassis for use in a motor vehicle with variably adjustable drive height includes a subframe assembly for fastening wheel suspensions of the motor vehicle, and a plurality of control arms for guiding a wheel carrier. The control arms are fastened to the subframe assembly via control arm attachment points. A plurality of eccentric adjustment devices are provided for adjusting the toe-in and the basic camber of the motor vehicle. An insert element is provided for receiving an eccentric adjustment device. The insert element is arranged within the chassis in such a way that the position of at least one eccentric adjustment device can be varied by varying the arrangement of the insert element within the chassis.
Claims10
A chassis for use in a motor vehicle with variably adjustable drive height (H), said chassis comprising:
- a subframe assembly for fastening wheel suspensions of the motor vehicle,
- a plurality of control arms for guiding a wheel carrier, wherein the control arms are fastened to the subframe assembly via control arm attachment points,
- a plurality of eccentric adjustment devices for adjusting a toe-in and a basic camber of the motor vehicle, and
- an insert element for receiving one of the eccentric adjustment devices,
- wherein the insert element is configured to be mounted to the chassis in multiple mounting orientations that differ from one another,
- wherein a mounting position of said one of the eccentric adjustment devices on the chassis varies depending upon a selected mounting orientation of the multiple mounting orientations of the insert element on the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.