Method for producing an air guide for a suspension arm and suspension arm with an air guide
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsAndreas Ottinger, Hans-Jürgen Langhoff
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Abstract
Suspension arm 2 with an air guide 1, wherein the suspension arm 2 has in the installation position a downwardly open cross-sectional profile with a base surface 7 and at least two side webs 8 projecting from the base surface 7, and wherein the air guide 1 has a reinforcement element 3 to be arranged on the side webs 8 and an air guiding element 4 composed of a plastic material, and a method for producing an air guide 1 for a suspension arm 2.
Claims16
A method for producing an air guide for a suspension arm having a cross-sectional profile that is downwardly open in an installed position and comprises a base surface and at least two side webs projecting outwardly from the base surface and having lower ends, the method comprising:
- providing a reinforcement element to be arranged between the at least two side webs and immovably attached on the lower ends of the at least two side webs of the suspension arm;
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- overmolding the reinforcement element with an air guide element made of a plastic material,
- wherein the air guide element is immovably attached to the reinforcement element and covers at least one side of the reinforcement element in a transverse direction of the suspension arm and protrudes from the reinforcement element in the transverse direction.
A suspension arm for a vehicle comprising:
- a cross-sectional profile that is downwardly open in an installed position and comprises a base surface and at least two side webs projecting outwardly from the base surface and having lower ends, and
- an air guide comprising a reinforcement element arranged between the at least two side webs and immovably attached to the lower ends of the at least two side webs, and an air guide element composed of a plastic material and immovably attached to the reinforcement element and covering at least one side of the reinforcement element in a transverse direction of the suspension arm and protruding from the reinforcement element in the transverse direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.