Method for producing different vehicle models as well as wheel suspension for a vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsChristoph Kossira, Hugo Mueller, Wilfried Michel, Karl-Heinz Meitinger, Wolfgang Schmid
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing different vehicle models in which in a comfort-oriented version a vehicle wheel is pivoted in a wheel guiding element of a wheel suspension. According to the invention, in a model with enhanced dynamics of vehicle motion, between the wheel guiding element and the vehicle wheel in the axial direction, an actuator is interposed for adjusting the camber and/or track of the vehicle wheel.
Claims15
A method for producing different vehicle models, in which in a comfort-oriented version a vehicle wheel is pivoted directly in a wheel guiding element of a wheel suspension wherein, a model with enhanced dynamics of vehicle motion between the wheel guiding element and the vehicle wheel in the axial direction an actuator is connected for adjusting the camber and/or track of the vehicle wheel wherein the actuator is divided into a carrier part which holds the wheel, a carrier part which is connected to the wheel suspension, and two positioning elements which are located in between and which can be turned to one another and to the carrier part and to the carrier part around a common axis of rotation and which interact with oblique surfaces which are facing one another and which are tilted by a defined angle (γ) to the axis of rotation.
The method of effecting the performance of a vehicle of a particular composition and intended performance, comprising adjusting the camber of a wheel thereof of an assembly including:
- means pivotally connectable to a body of said vehicle;
- a first carrier mounted on said pivotally connectable means;
- a wheel rotatably mounted on a second carrier;
- a first positioning member mounted on and rotational about a first axis relative to said first carrier;
- a second positioning member mounted on and rotational about a second axis relative to said second carrier, disposable coaxially with said first axis;
- said first and second positioning members having mating surfaces lying in a plane disposed at an acute angle relative to said first axis, and being pivotal about a third axis disposed perpendicular to said plane and intersecting said first axis;
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- means for rotating said second positioning means about said second axis, imparting a rotational movement of said second positioning member about said third axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.