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US 2020/0047576 A1Published application
Lightweight suspension upright assembly for a vehicle
AssigneesAktiebolaget Skf, SKF Aerospace France S.A.S
InventorsMichiel Warmerdam, Marco Falossi, Remi Sarlin
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Abstract
A suspension upright assembly for a vehicle provides a wheel hub bearing and a suspension upright including a fiber-reinforced composite bushing arranged around the wheel hub bearing, attachment members for attaching the suspension upright to a suspension assembly and to a brake caliper of the vehicle, and a fiber-reinforced composite truss-structure that connects at least one of the attachment members to the bushing and/or to a further one of the attachment members.
Claims10
A suspension upright assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a wheel hub bearing comprising an outer ring and an inner ring that extends coaxially with the outer ring along an axis (A), is axially rotatable and is suitable to be coupled to a wheel rotor of the vehicle;
- a suspension upright comprising:
- a) a fiber-reinforced composite bushing that is arranged around the wheel hub bearing (3), in a fixed position and coaxially with respect to the outer ring;
- b) a plurality of attachment members for attaching the suspension upright at least to a suspension assembly and/or a brake caliper of the vehicle;
- c) connecting means coupling the attachment members to the bushing in respective fixed positions;
- wherein the connecting means comprise a fiber-reinforced composite truss-structure that connects at least one of the attachment members to the bushing and/or to a further one of the attachment members.
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