Lemforder Metallwaren Ag

Ernst-Gunther Jordens

Hubert Siemer

Helmut Kammel

An upper MacPherson strut step bearing for wheel suspensions in a motor vehicle. The MacPherson strut step bearing includes a metallic housing that is pot-shaped in the vertical section, a rubber buffer arranged in the housing, and a support piece, which can be connected to a shock absorber and protrudes with radially extending projections into the rubber buffer that is rigidly connected to it. A radially directed housing flange forms an abutment for an annular spring buffer made of an elastomeric material, against which the top end of a coil spring of the MacPherson strut, which coil spring surrounds the shock absorber, is supported. Recesses, which influence the axial damping characteristic of the MacPherson strut step bearing, are provided in the spring buffer. The metallic housing is connected to a cover plate, which passes over at the outer wall into a jacket ring, which is directed downward and projects beyond the spring buffer.

Upper MacPherson strut bearing for wheel suspensions in a motor vehicle

An upper MacPherson strut bearing for wheel suspensions in motor vehicles, including a metallic housing, whose vertical section is pot-shaped. A rubber buffer is arranged in the housing, and a support piece, which can be connected to a shock absorber and which extends with radially extending projections into the rubber buffer is rigidly connected to the rubber buffer. A radially extending housing edge forms an abutment for an annular spring buffer made of rubber, against which the top end of a coil spring of the MacPherson strut, which coil spring surrounds the shock absorber, is supported. The radially extending housing edge is connected to a cover plate of the housing, which can be fastened to a part of the motor vehicle and covers the rubber buffer on its top side. A collar edge radially guiding the shock absorber is located on the underside of the housing. To optimize the action and the manufacture of such a MacPherson strut, the metallic housing is made of sheet metal in one piece with the collar edge provided on its underside and is wedged with the cover plate.

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Damme, Germany

Ernst-Gunther Jordens