Drivable twist-beam rear axle having a transverse profiled element and longitudinal control arms connected to the transverse profiled element at the ends thereof
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsJosef HOLTHEIDE, Alfons NORDLOH, Markus WULF, Michael BEYER, Felix KALLASS
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Abstract
A drivable torsion beam axle (2) with a transverse profiled element and trailing arms (1) connected, at each end, to the profiled element is described, within which, at least in some areas, a drive-train (7) is arranged in each case and by which the torsion beam axle (2) can be connected to a vehicle body. The trailing arms (1) are, in each case, made as two-component housing castings with a housing plane of division extending in the longitudinal direction.
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A drivable torsion beam axle (2) with a transverse profiled element and, and respective trailing arms (1) being connected to ends of the transverse profiled element,
- a respective drive-train (7) being arranged, at least in part, within each of the trailing arms and being connectable to a vehicle body by way of the torsion beam axle (2), and
- each of the trailing arms (1) being in a form of a two-part housing component with a housing plane of division extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
A drivable torsion beam axle for coupling a transverse profiled element, the torsion beam axle comprising:
- a trailing arm, and an end of the torsion beam axle being connected to the trailing arm;
- at least part of a drive-train being arranged within the trailing arm, and the drive-train being connected by the torsion beam axle to a vehicle body;
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- the trailing arm comprising a housing having a first housing member and a second housing member that are rigidly connectable to one another, and an interface between the first and the second housing members forming a dividing plane that extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.