US 9,751,564 B2 · Spring support for a motor vehicle

Abstract

A spring support for a motor vehicle has a spring strut cup made of a metallic material and three shell-shaped components made of a fiber composite material. The parts are specifically arranged to stabilize the spring support which protects against corrosion and for saving weight such that the spring strut cup is connected in the shell shaped components in the following manner: a first shell-shaped component stretches in an arc from an outer side of an engine bracket to a lower side of a support bracket and the spring strut cup is secured by the edge thereof from under the first shell-shaped component, a second shell-shaped component joins together an upper side of the support bracket, an upper side of the first shell-shaped component and an outer upper side of the spring strut cup, and a third shell shaped component is secured to an inner side of the engine support bracket, an upper side of the engine support bracket, an inner side of the first shell-shaped component and an inner upper side of the spring strut cup.

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Dependent claims

A spring support for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a spring strut cup composed of a metallic material;
three shell components composed of a fiber composite material, wherein
the spring strut cup is connected in the three shell components such that:
(i) a first of the three shell components spans an arc from an outer side of an engine bracket to a lower side of a support bracket, the spring strut cup being fastened at an edge thereof from below to the first shell component,
(ii) a second of the three shell components connects an upper side of the support bracket, an upper side of the first shell component and an outer upper side of the spring strut cup to one another, and
(iii) a third of the three shell components is fastened to an inner side of the engine bracket, an upper side of the engine bracket, an inner side of the first shell component and an inner upper side of the spring strut cup.

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A method for producing a spring support for a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:

providing a spring strut cup composed of a metallic material, and three shell components composed of a fiber composite material;
fastening a first shell component to an outer side of an engine bracket and to a lower side of a support bracket such that the first shell component spans an arc,
fastening an edge of the spring strut cup from below to the first shell component,
fastening a second shell component to an upper side of a support bracket, an upper side of the first shell component and an outer upper side of the spring strut cup, and
fastening a third shell component to an inner side of an engine bracket and an upper side of the engine bracket and to an inner side of the first shell component and an inner upper side of the spring strut cup.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Spring support for a motor vehicle

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Spring support for a motor vehicle

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