Connecting strut
AssigneeTRW Automotive GmbH
InventorCengiz Erdogan
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Abstract
A connecting strut for a chassis of a vehicle comprises an elongated carrier which has at least two carrier elements spaced apart from each other. The carrier elements are connected with each other at their ends by means of a respective connecting element. The carrier has a low torsional stiffness and a high bending stiffness with respect to its longitudinal axis.
Claims20
A connecting strut for a chassis of a vehicle comprising an elongated carrier having at least two carrier elements wholly spaced apart from contact with each other which are connected with each other at their ends by a respective connecting element, wherein the carrier has a low torsional stiffness and a high bending stiffness with respect to its longitudinal axis, wherein a cross-section of at least one carrier element has the shape of a rectangle the long sides of which are curved towards the respective other carrier element at least in a region of a neutral axis, wherein the curved carrier element has only a uniform open profile cross-section throughout an entire length thereof extending between the associated ends thereof, wherein the open profile cross-section is directed outwards away from the respective other carrier element and terminates in a pair of outermost edges, and wherein the curved carrier element has in the region of the neutral axis a smaller distance from the other carrier element than from the outermost edges thereof.
A connecting strut for a chassis of a vehicle comprising an elongated carrier having at least two carrier elements spaced apart from each other which are connected with each other at their ends by a respective connecting element, wherein the carrier has a low torsional stiffness and a high bending stiffness with respect to its longitudinal axis, wherein at least one carrier element has a cross-section having the shape of a segment of a circle.
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