Rigid axle with a spring seat
AssigneeAutotech Engineering S.L.
InventorRaymond Aso
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Abstract
Provided is a spring seat body for connection to a rigid axle of a motor vehicle, including an upper and lower seat surfaces, lateral edge surfaces lying between the spring seat surface and the lower seat surface, and a pair of through holes for receiving and holding a clamping bracket for fastening a spring to the spring seat body. The lateral edge surfaces include a first and second edge surfaces which face away from one another and run transversely with respect to the rigid axle when the spring seat body is mounted on the rigid axle. Further when the spring seat body is mounted to the rigid axle the first edge surface may be closer to an end of the rigid axle carrying a vehicle wheel than the second edge surface, and the first edge surface may include an edge section which overlaps with the rigid axle.
Claims15
A spring seat body, comprising:
- an upper spring seat surface,
- a lower seat surface,
- lateral edge surfaces located between the upper spring seat surface and the lower seat surface, and
- at least one pair of through holes for receiving and holding at least one clamping bracket for fastening at least one spring to the spring seat body,
- wherein the lateral edge surfaces comprise a first edge surface and a second edge surface,
- wherein the first edge surface faces away from the second edge surface,
- wherein the first edge surface and the second edge surface extend transversely to a rigid axle when the spring seat body is mounted on the rigid axle,
- wherein the first edge surface is closer to an end of the rigid axle carrying a vehicle wheel than the second edge surface, when the spring seat body is mounted on the rigid axle,
- wherein the first edge surface comprises an edge section which, in the mounted state of the spring seat body on the rigid axle, overlaps with the rigid axle,
- wherein the edge section, when viewed from above, is formed as an outwardly projecting convex edge section, an apex or vertex of which lies in a region of the first edge surface which runs along a central length range of the upper spring seat surface extending transversely to the rigid axle,
- wherein the central length range is less than one third of the length of the upper spring seat surface,
- wherein at least one recess is formed in the lower seating surface, and
- wherein the at least one recess opens out at the edge section of the first edge surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.