Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Muhr Und Bender Kg

Linde Material Handling Gmbh

Linde Aktiengesellchaft

Andreas Carlitz

Bernhard Götz

Theo Kueppers

Thomas Schmitz

Gerhard Bozem

Jürgen Roth

Frank Schröder

Paul Zandbergen

Jens Glorer

Eric Leonard Branger

Juergen Funke

Paul Godesberg

Jörg Neubrand

Jason Paulding

Rolf Hengstenberg

Gunter Wuersig

Theo Küppers

Independent wheel suspensions for a motor vehicle are described herein. An example independent wheel suspension includes a link to be pivotably coupled to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle via a first flexible pivot bearing and a second flexible pivot bearing. The first and second flexible pivot bearings form a pivoting axis. The link has a wheel attachment point to which a vehicle wheel is to be coupled. The example independent wheel suspension also includes a spring to be disposed between the link and the vehicle body. The spring is configured to produce a force component on the link that is directed outward along a transverse axis of the motor vehicle and that increases during compression.

Independent wheel suspension for a motor vehicle

A vehicle includes a rear wheel suspension including a twist beam axle. The vehicle also includes upper and lower mounts for a spring and each defining a seat. The lower mount is disposed on the axle and the upper mount is disposed at a distance and parallel to the lower mount on a frame member. A first adapter is disposed within the lower mount seat and a second adapter is disposed within the upper mount seat. Each adapter defines a groove to receive an end of the spring, a support extending from the groove within an inner diameter of the spring and a wall disposed along a segment of the groove being configured to maintain a position of the spring.

Seat mounts for side load spring on a twist beam axle

A spring pad arranged between a terminal winding of a helical spring of a vehicle wheel suspension. The winding defines a rolled spring end. A spring plate supports the helical spring. The spring pad having a layered structure having two layers different in their rigidity. The first layer has a higher rigidity than the second layer. The first layer is an outer layer of the layered structure that may engage the terminal winding of the helical spring.

Spring pad for vehicle suspension

The present disclosure provides a torsion beam axle for a vehicle. The torsion beam axle comprises two longitudinal swing arms connected by a torsion profile and two bearing arrangements. Each bearing arrangement is configured to attach a respective longitudinal swing arm to a body of the vehicle. Each bearing arrangement has a rotational axis, and the rotational axes of the bearing arrangements run in parallel to or are aligned with one another. Each of the bearing arrangements has a bearing core, which is connected to one of the longitudinal swing arms, and at least one bearing arm which is coupled to the bearing core. The bearing arm comprises a supporting section, which is coupled to the bearing core, and an elastic bending section with a connecting region, via which the bearing arm can be at least indirectly attached to the body of the vehicle. The bearing arm has a step portion arranged between the supporting section and the bending section, the step portion having a triangular or trapezoidal contour and being configured to be deflected in a bending direction which is predefined by the bending section. The bending direction and the rotational axes enclose an angle between them.

Torsion beam axle for a vehicle, and bearing arrangement for a torsion beam axle

The invention concerns a wheel suspension system for the non-steered wheels () of a motor vehicle, with a twist beam axle () which comprises two wheel-supporting trailing arms () pivotably mounted on a motor vehicle body () and a cross member () connecting the trailing arms () together, and a Watt linkage () also connecting the trailing arms () together, at least one articulated holder () being integrated in each trailing arm () itself for articulated coupling of the Watt linkage ().

Wheel suspension for automotive vehicle

A forward-control counterweight fork-lift truck has a liftable and tiltable load-lifting device (), a traction drive and operating drives for the movement of the load-lifting device (). A calculation model (D) is stored in a control device (SE), to which directly or indirectly acting sensors (S) are connected for detecting the lifting load (L), the lifting height (H), the tilting angle (WM), the load torque (M), the direction of travel (R), the driving speed (V), and the steering angle (WL). The control device (SE) is designed to determine a driving and load state (Z) based on the detected physical variables (L, H, WM, M, R, V, WL) and the stored calculation model (D) and is operatively connected to the traction drive and the operating drives. Depending on the driving and load state (Z) determined, the operating speed, starting and braking acceleration, and driving speed are each reduced.

Industrial truck having increased static or quasi-static tipping stability

A wheel suspension comprising a vehicle body, a wheel movably articulated on the vehicle body via a control arm assembly. A wheel carrier and at least one helical pressure spring which is supported on the vehicle body on the one hand and on the wheel carrier or the control arm assembly on the other hand. The spring stiffness of the vehicle body support referred to the wheel contact point of the wheel can be controlled so as to be variable. Use is made of a helical pressure spring assembly whose force action line deviates from the geometric spring center line. Furthermore, there are provided rotational means for the 3-dimensional adjustment of the force action line relative to the geometric spring center line.

Wheel suspension with spring adjustment for motor vehicles

A forward-control counterweight fork-lift truck has a liftable and tiltable load-lifting device (), a traction drive, operating drives, and a steering drive. A calculation model (D) based on vehicle-specific information is stored in a control device (SE). A plurality of sensors (S) detect physical variables (V, R, H, M, L, WM, WL, BL, BQ, G) relevant to the tipping behavior of the industrial truck. The control device (SE) determines a driving and load state (Z) based on the detected physical variables (V, R, H, M, L, WM, WL, BL, BQ, G) and the stored calculation model (D) and is operatively connected to the traction drive, the operating drives, and the steering drive such that, depending on the driving and load state (Z) determined, corrective interventions (K, K) which maintain or increase the tipping stability can be carried out.

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