Chassis for a commercial vehicle
AssigneeDaimler Truck AG
InventorsUwe MAUZ, Soeren ANDRES, Rene SCHRÖDER
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Abstract
A chassis for a commercial vehicle includes a vehicle axle by means of which at least two vehicle wheels of the commercial vehicle, the wheels being rotatable around a respective wheel rotational axis, can be supported on a vehicle frame of the commercial vehicle. At least one adjusting device is provided so that the vehicle axle is mounted to pivot relative to the vehicle frame around a pivot axis running oblique or perpendicular to the respective wheel rotational axis to achieve cornering or changes of direction of the commercial vehicle.
Claims6
1-5. (canceled)
A chassis for a commercial vehicle, the chassis comprising:
- a vehicle axle configured to support at least two vehicle wheels of the commercial vehicle on a vehicle frame of the commercial vehicle, wherein the at least two vehicle wheels are around a respective wheel rotational axis;
- at least one adjusting device configured so that the vehicle axle is mounted to pivot relative to the vehicle frame around a pivot axis running oblique or perpendicular to the respective wheel rotational axis to achieve cornering or changes of direction of the commercial vehicle,
- wherein
- the chassis further comprises at least one lever pivotable relative to the vehicle frame around a lever axis running oblique or perpendicular to the pivot axis, wherein, by the at least one lever, an adjusting part of the adjusting device is moveable translationally relative to the vehicle frame, wherein the adjusting part is coupled to the vehicle axle in such a way that pivoting the vehicle axle can be achieved by the translational movement of the adjusting part via the pivoting of the lever,
- the at least two vehicle wheels are drivable by a drive device of the commercial vehicle and the drive device is pivotable relative to the vehicle frame around the pivot axis by the adjusting device, or
- the chassis further comprises at least one gas spring configured so that the vehicle axle is supported on the vehicle frame, wherein the at least one gas spring has a working chamber configured to receive a fluid and a piston element at least partially delimiting the working chamber and coupled to the vehicle axle in such a way that
- the piston element is movable translationally in a first movement direction relative to the vehicle frame by translational movement of the vehicle axle relative to the vehicle frame in the first movement direction, wherein capacity of the working chamber can be changed, and
- the piston element is movable in a second movement direction relative to the vehicle frame, different from the first movement direction, by pivoting the vehicle axle around the pivot axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.