Spring bracket arm
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsManuel Bauer, Paul Lenz
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Abstract
A spring carrier of a motor vehicle axle, particularly of a portal axle, with a longitudinal portion (1) and a flange portion (2) which adjoins the one end of the longitudinal portion (1) and which has a flange (8). The longitudinal portion (1) includes at least one fastening point for fastening to a shock absorber and/or to a suspension. At least the longitudinal portion (1) of the spring carrier arm comprises a lower shell (4) and an upper shell (3) of metallic material or of a plastic with or without fiber reinforcement, the shell edges (6, 7) thereof extending along the neutral bending axis (5) of the spring carrier arm, and the lower shell (4) and upper shell (3) are connected to one another along the neutral bending axis (5) of the spring carrier arm by bonding engagement.
Claims15
A spring carrier arm of a spring carrier of a motor vehicle axle comprising:
- a longitudinal portion (1) having an end and a flange portion (2) adjoining the end of the longitudinal portion (1),
- wherein the longitudinal portion (1) includes at least one fastening point for fastening to a shock absorber and/or to a suspension;
- a flange (8) and a neutral bending axis;
- the longitudinal portion (1) of the spring carrier arm comprising a lower shell (4) and an upper shell (3) of metallic material or of a plastic with or without fiber reinforcement;
- the lower shell (4) and upper shell (3) having shell edges (6, 7) extending along the neutral bending axis (5) of the spring carrier arm;
- and wherein the lower shell (4) and upper shell (3) being connected to one another along the neutral bending axis (5) of the spring carrier arm by a bonding engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.