Passenger car and passenger car module
AssigneeThyssenKrupp Automotive Systems GmbH
InventorsSylke Bruns, Jan R. Kurzok, Steffan Schmidt, Adrian Tropoja
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to a passenger car with a chassis, an engine (3, 103) and a vehicle axle, comprising a crossmember (1) connected to the chassis and two wheels movably connected laterally via a respective connection arrangement, wherein the wheels can be moved by the engine (3, 103) via the connection arrangement, and wherein a housing (6, 106) of the engine (3, 103) forms a transverse bridge of the crossmember (1) for transmitting transverse forces. According to the invention the crossmember (1) is fixed to the chassis via the housing (6, 106) of the engine (3).
Claims12
A passenger car with a body, an engine and a vehicle axle, which comprises an axle support connected to the body and, on said axle support, two wheels attached laterally in a movable manner in each case by means of a connection arrangement, wherein the wheels are movable via the connection arrangement by means of the engine and wherein a housing of the engine comprises a transverse force-transmitting transverse bridge of the axle support, wherein the axle support is fastened to the body via the housing of the engine.
A passenger car module for a passenger car, the module comprising:
- an axle support capable of being fastened to a body;
- two wheel supports attached laterally in a movable manner to the axle support by a respective connection arrangement;
- and
- a housing of an engine forming a transverse force-transmitting transverse bridge of the axle support, the axle supports each being movable via the respective connection arrangement by means of the engine, the axle support being equipped so as to be fastened to the body via the housing of the engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.