Wheel module for a motor vehicle
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorBenjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a wheel module of a motor vehicle that includes a wheel and a steering lever assembly for transferring a steering movement to the wheel. The steering lever assembly can be rotatably mounted on a support frame of the motor vehicle. A steering actuator for introducing a steering movement is connected to the steering lever assembly. The steering actuator is in form of a linear actuator. The steering lever assembly has a main lever connected to the steering actuator by means of a first connection region, and a steering lever connected to the main lever by means of an intermediate lever.
Claims18
A wheel module of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel,
- a steering lever assembly configured for transferring a steering movement to the wheel,
- a linear actuator configured for introducing the steering movement is connected to the steering lever assembly, the linear actuator having a rotatably mounted first end, and
- the steering lever assembly comprising:
- a main lever having:
- a first end rotatably mounted to one of a support frame or another component of the motor vehicle, and
- a second end rotatably mounted to a second end of the linear actuator, and
- a steering lever:
- rotatably connected to the main lever via an intermediate lever, and
- non-rotatably mounted to a steering axle, the steering axle different than the another component of the motor vehicle, and
- actuation of the linear actuator moves:
- the main lever, intermediate lever, and the steering lever so as to rotate the wheel via rotation of the steering axle, and
- the second end of the linear actuator pivots about the first end of the linear actuator.
A wheel module of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a steering lever assembly having:
- a main lever configured to be rotatably connected to the motor vehicle,
- an intermediate lever rotatably connected to the main lever,
- a steering lever:
- pivotably connected to the intermediate lever, and
- configured to be non-rotatably attached to a steering axle of a wheel of the motor vehicle so that rotation of the steering lever is configured to rotate the wheel, and
- a linear actuator configured for actuating the steering lever assembly, the linear actuator having:
- a first end configured to be rotatably mounted to the motor vehicle via a connection point, the connection point remaining at a fixed position on the motor vehicle during actuation of the linear actuator, and
- a second end configured to be rotatably mounted to the steering lever assembly, and
- actuation of the linear actuator causes angular displacement of the main lever and pivoting of the second end of the actuator about the connection point.
A wheel module of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a steering lever assembly having:
- a main lever configured to be rotatably connected to the motor vehicle,
- an intermediate lever rotatably connected to the main lever,
- a steering lever:
- pivotably connected to the intermediate lever, and
- configured to be non-rotatably attached to a steering axle of a wheel of the motor vehicle so that rotation of the steering lever is configured to rotate the wheel, and
- a linear actuator configured for actuating the steering lever assembly, the linear actuator having:
- a first end configured to be rotatably mounted to the motor vehicle via a connection point, the connection point remaining at a fixed position on the motor vehicle during actuation of the linear actuator, and
- a second end configured to be rotatably mounted to the steering lever assembly, and
- the main lever, the intermediate lever, and the steering lever stacked axially relative to a steering axis, the steering axis:
- i) defined by the steering axle, and ii) configured to extend orthogonally relative to a rotational axis of the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.