Leaf spring made of a fiber composite material having integrated bearing eyes and method of producing said leaf spring

A method for producing a leaf spring made of a fiber composite material, in which leaf spring, on at least one axial end, a bearing eye is configured, said method comprising the following steps:

• cutting prepreg strips of predetermined length from a prepreg strand;
• cutting out cutouts from the respective prepreg strip in the region of those axial ends on which respectively a bearing eye is intended to be configured;
• laying a plurality of prepreg strips alternately superficially flush one on top of the other in a prepreg stack to form a crude leaf spring;
• configuring the at least one bearing eye by deforming an axial end of the prepreg stack in a plane oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal extent (L) and perpendicularly to the transverse extent (B) of the prepreg stack;
• and
• setting the crude leaf spring to form the finished leaf spring in a mold, under the influence of a suitable setting pressure and a suitable setting temperature.