# US 8,540,262 B2 · Commercial vehicle and device for attaching a spring element to a commercial vehicle axle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,540,262 B2 - Document ID: US8540262B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/033,987 - Filed: 2011-02-24 - Published: 2011-08-25 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2010-02-25 - Assignees: Man Truck & Bus AG - Applicants: Thomas Reiter; Bernhard Simon - Inventors: Thomas Reiter; Bernhard Simon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540262B2 ## CPC - B60B 35/163: {characterised by specific shape of the housing, e.g. adaptations to give space for other vehicle elements like chassis or exhaust system} - B60B 35/003: {Steerable axles} - B60B 35/007: {for mounting suspension elements to axles} - B60G 9/00: Resilient suspensions of a rigid axle or axle housing for two or more wheels {(the axle being a part of a set of tandem axles B60G5/00-B60G5/065; with leaf springs B60G11/02-B60G11/08)} - B60G 11/04: arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle - B60G 11/113: Mountings on the axle (B60G11/107 takes precedence) - B60B 2310/306: by clamping or wedging, e.g. by clamping inserts as joining means - B60G 2200/30: Rigid axle suspensions - B60G 2200/422: Driving wheels or live axles - B60G 2202/112: longitudinally arranged - B60G 2204/121: Mounting of leaf springs - B60G 2204/148: on the unsprung part of the vehicle, e.g. wheel knuckle or rigid axle - B60G 2204/4306: Bracket or knuckle for rigid axles, e.g. for clamping - B60G 2204/44: Centering or positioning means - B60G 2206/32: Hollow cross section - B60G 2206/8101: by casting - B60G 2206/8102: by stamping - B60G 2206/8207: by screwing - B60G 2300/02: Trucks; Load vehicles - B60Y 2200/14: Trucks; Load vehicles, Busses - B60Y 2200/22: Agricultural vehicles - B60Y 2200/24: Military vehicles - B60B: VEHICLE WHEELS (making wheels or wheel parts by rolling B21H1/00, by forging, hammering or pressing B21K1/28); CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION - B60G: VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V; {cycle suspensions B62K25/00}) - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ## Abstract A commercial vehicle has its axle housings supported on the chassis frame by way of spring elements. Each spring element is connected to a clamping yoke having two legs, of which in each case one leg rests against the front of the axle housing and the other leg rests against the rear of the axle housing, as seen in the driving direction. The legs are connected to one another by a web. Each leg is fixed and secured on a fixing projection on a longitudinal side of the axle housing, and the web is spaced apart from the upper side of the axle housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A commercial vehicle, comprising: an axle housing supported on a chassis frame by way of spring elements, said axle housing having a front and a rear relative to a driving direction of the vehicle, a longitudinal side, and an upper side; said axle housing having a fixing projection formed on a longitudinal side thereof; a clamping yoke connecting each of said spring elements, said clamping yoke having two legs and a web connecting said two legs to one another, one of said legs resting against the front of said axle housing and another of said legs resting against the rear of said axle housing; each of said two legs being fixed on and secured to a respective said fixing projection on said axle housing, and said web being spaced apart from the upper side of said axle housing, said fixing projection having an upper support surface for said leg and tapering downward toward said axle housing; and wherein a vertical force emanating from a respective spring element is directed via said leg into said fixing projection of said axle housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The commercial vehicle according to claim 1, which comprises an abutment spanning said axle housing and connecting said legs to one another opposite from, and on a side of said axle housing facing away from said web. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The commercial vehicle according to claim 2, wherein said abutment includes at least one centering device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The commercial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said fixing projection is disposed in a region of a neutral axis of said axle housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The commercial vehicle according to claim 1, which comprises at least one centering device on said fixing projection. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The commercial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a contour of an underside of said leg and a profile of said fixing projection correspond to one another. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The commercial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said clamping yoke includes at least one centering device. ### Claim 8 In a commercial vehicle, an assembly for connecting an axle housing with a spring element, the axle housing having a front and a rear relative to a driving direction of the vehicle, front and rear longitudinal sides, and an upper side, the assembly comprising: a clamping yoke for connecting the spring element to the axle housing, said clamping yoke having two legs and a web connecting said two legs to one another, one of said legs resting against the front of the axle housing and another of said legs resting against the rear of the axle housing; a fixing projection formed on each of the front and rear longitudinal sides of the axle housing , said fixing projection having an upper support surface for a respective said leg and tapering downward toward the axle housing; each of said two legs being fixed on and secured to a respective said fixing projection on the axle housing, and said web being spaced apart from the upper side of the axle housing; and wherein a vertical force emanating from a respective spring element is directed via said leg into said fixing projection of said axle housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The assembly according to claim 8, which comprises an abutment spanning said axle housing and connecting said legs to one another opposite from, and on a side of the axle housing facing away from said web. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The assembly according to claim 9, wherein said abutment includes at least one centering device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The assembly according to claim 8, which comprises at least one centering device on said fixing projection. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The assembly according to claim 8, wherein a contour of an underside of said leg and a profile of said fixing projection correspond to one another. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The assembly according to claim 8, wherein said clamping yoke includes at least one centering device.