Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

Simon Mersmann

Benjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko

Manfred Kraus

Hartmut Krehmer

Christian Harkort

Kilian Marsing

Jochen Rosenfeld

Andreas Wöllner

Harald Hochmuth

Markus Holzberger

Daniel Faber

Alexander Hausmann

Adrian Husu

Florin Dobre

Marco Frank

Axel Hoffmann

Georgi Andreev

A motor vehicle (), in particular an autonomous motor vehicle, includes a steering system (), a plurality of wheels () that can be steered by means of the steering system (), and wheel housings () for said wheels (). The steering system () is designed such that the steering system steers the steerable wheels () of a wheel pair in question in the same direction, in the case of joint steering to the left or right at a steering angle α up to a limit angle αdefined by the shape of the corresponding wheel housings (), and in opposite directions, in the case of steering to the left or right at a steering angle α exceeding the limit angle α.

Motor vehicle and method for steering a motor vehicle

An actuator () for a rear axle steering system of a vehicle includes a thrust rod () which is longitudinally displaceable within a housing (). The thrust rod () has a rotation lock () having a guide element () which is guided in the axial direction in a single-part or multi-part slide rail () arranged on the housing (). An elastomer ring () is arranged between the slide rail () and the housing ().

Actuator for a rear axle steering system of a vehicle and rear axle steering system having such an actuator

A fork leg for rotating a wheel of a motor vehicle is provided with a fastening flange for the coaxial, torque-proof fastening of a steering rod, an extension region protruding from the fastening flange substantially perpendicularly to the steering axis for bridging a lateral distance to the wheel, a coupling point for the articulated connection of a rocker which is connected to the wheel and a connection piece which is connected integrally to the extension region and to the coupling point, wherein the connection piece is shaped to accommodate a large steering angle.

Fork leg for rotating a wheel of a motor vehicle

An apparatus for toe and/or camber adjustment for a running gear of a motor vehicle, having a tie rod and/or a link which can be fastened at one side to a bearing fixed with respect to the car body and at the other side by a bearing can be fastened to the wheel carrier of a wheel of the motor vehicle, wherein one bearing has an adjustment element which is in the form of an eccentric and which has an eccentric shaft, which eccentric shaft can be adjusted by an adjustment drive and is assigned safety bearings arranged on both sides of the eccentric.

Apparatus for toe and/or camber adjustment for a running gear of a motor vehicle

The invention relates to a device for adjusting the height of a vehicle body, having two components, which can be moved longitudinally relative to each other, and a movement thread, which is arranged between these components. The movement thread includes a partial thread which is designed as a spindle paired with a first component and a partial thread which is designed as a spindle nut paired with the other component. The partial threads are designed to be axially movable relative to each other by a rotational drive. The device also includes a locking device which bridges the movement thread in at least three longitudinal positions and which comprises an axially fixed locking ring that is arranged on the spindle in a rotatable manner and has locking cams distributed over the circumference and a shifting gate that is rigidly connected to the spindle nut in an axial manner, receives the locking cams, and includes locking stops, which are arranged at end positions of the at least three longitudinal positions and are distributed over the circumference, and switching ramps, which lie axially opposite the locking stops, are provided with slopes that decrease in the circumferential direction, and are arranged over the circumference. A movement of the locking cams towards the locking stops and towards the switching ramps in the shifting gate is provided by an axial movement of the spindle relative to the spindle nut, this displacement depending on a rotational direction of the rotational drive, and a selection of the locking stops is carried out by rotating the locking ring by the rotated locking cams resting against switching stops provided between the switching ramps. In order to shorten the switching paths and the switching times of the locking device, at least one switching ramp arranged between two locking stops is expanded relative to the remaining switching ramps in a direction of the locking stops.

Device for adjusting the height of a vehicle body

A device () for adjusting the height of a vehicle body, including a movement thread () which is arranged between vehicle body and a wheel carrier and shifts two components () which are displaceable in relation to each other between an upper and a lower adjustment position, wherein the movement thread () is provided with two threaded parts which are rotatable relative to each other, are formed from a spindle () and a spindle nut () and are in operative engagement with each other. The one threaded part is accommodated on one component in a manner fixed axially and rotationally driven by a rotary drive (), and the other threaded part is accommodated on the other component non-rotatably and in an axially displaceable manner. In order to protect the movement thread (), in particular the operative engagement, against high mechanical loads, a switchable locking device () spanning the operative engagement of the threaded parts (A, B) of the movement thread () is provided.

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Herzogenaurach, Germany

Simon Mersmann