Axle bracket for a motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorPeter Leibl
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Abstract
An axle bracket for a front axle or rear axle of a motor vehicle includes two side members and at least one cross member interconnecting the side members and having at least one attachment point for attachment of a drive component, wherein during travel an operating force can be introduced from the drive component via the attachment point to the cross member. The cross member is constructed as a hollow profile of downwardly open U-shaped configuration to define a hollow space bounded by an upper top wall and two sidewalls depending downwards from the top wall. The cross member has a bearing site configured for securement of a stiffening element such that the stiffening element is arranged, at least in part, in the hollow space of the cross member, for increasing a strength of the cross member.
Claims23
An axle bracket for a front axle or rear axle of a motor vehicle, said axle bracket comprising:
- two side members;
- and
- at least one cross member interconnecting the side members and having at least one attachment point for attachment of a drive component, wherein during travel an operating force is introducible from the drive component via the attachment point to the cross member, said cross member constructed as a hollow profile of downwardly open U-shaped configuration to define a hollow space bounded by an upper top wall and two sidewalls depending downwards from the top wall, said cross member having a bearing site configured for securement of a stiffening element such that the stiffening element is arranged, at least in part, in the hollow space of the cross member, for increasing a strength of the cross member.
A method of mounting an axle bracket to a front axle or rear axle of a motor vehicle, said method comprising:
- mounting two side members and at least one cross member, which is configured as a hollow profile of downwardly open U-shaped configuration, to form a frame;
- and installing the frame in one of two ways, a first way in which the frame is installed in a basic version of the motor vehicle in the absence of a stiffening element, a second way in which the frame is complemented by a stiffening element which is mounted to a bearing site of the cross member of the frame and arranged at least in part in a hollow space of the cross member, with the frame being installed in a tuned-up version of the motor vehicle,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.