Suspension component with a measuring device and method for producing a suspension component of this kind

A chassis component with a measuring device for determining a relative position of first and second chassis components movably connected to one another,

• wherein the first chassis component is a joint with at least one rotation axis, and the second chassis component is a structural component, and the structural component is mounted by the joint to pivot about the rotation axis of the joint,
• the measuring device comprises a signal emitter and a sensor device with an associated signal receiver,
• wherein the sensor device is arranged on the structural component and the signal emitter is arranged on the joint, and
• the sensor device has a first end section and a second end section, the sensor device extends completely through a through-opening, which has opposed first and second apertures defined in the structural component, so that the signal receiver is positioned inside the through-opening and spaced from both the first aperture in the structural component and the second aperture in the structural component as well as spaced from both the first end section and the second end section of the sensor device, and the signal receiver senses the signal from the signal emitter through a side section of the sensor device located between the first and the second end sections.

A method for producing a chassis component having a measuring device for determining a relative position of two chassis components connected movably to one another, wherein a first chassis component is a joint with at least one rotation axis and a second chassis component is a structural component, the structural component being mounted by the joint to pivot about the rotation axis of the joint, the measuring device comprising a signal emitter and a sensor device with a signal receiver, the sensor device is arranged on the structural component and the signal emitter is arranged on the joint, and the sensor device extends through a through-opening defined in the joint and/or in the structural component, the method comprising:

• forming a through-opening in the chassis component to have a first aperture and an opposed second aperture;
• and
• inserting the sensor device into the through-opening, in such a manner that a first end section of the sensor device faces away from a second end section of the sensor device and the signal receiver is positioned inside the through-opening spaced from both the first aperture and the second aperture so as to measure a signal through a side section of the sensor device which is located between the first and second end sections;
• and
• arranging the first end section and the second end section outside the through-opening.