Zf Lemforder Metallwaren Ag

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Zf Lemörder Metallwaren Ag

Stefan Schönhoff

Frank Budde

Jochen Kruse

Joachim Spratte

Frank Nachbar

Stefan Loheide

Jürgen Gräber

Markus Fischer

Olaf Beutler

Günter Lohfink

Karl-Walter Palluck

Dirk Lamla

Christian Maassmann

Ulrich Bladt

A connector piece for the articulated connection of structural elements of a chassis of a motor vehicle. The connector piece has a main body, formed from at least one metal sheet, which has at least one bearing or joint and includes a housing connected to the main body and an inner part which is fitted within an inside space of the housing and can move relative to the housing. The housing comprises a housing portion that surrounds the inside space and includes at least two sheet-metal strips that are arranged adjacent one another, in a longitudinal direction, and are bent between their ends, in opposite directions transverse to the longitudinal direction, such that the metal strips partially surround the inside space on different sides.

Connector piece for the articulated connection of components located in the suspension of a vehicle

A force connection strut () of a chassis of a passenger car or utility vehicle is provided for the non-positive connection between a chassis and a wheel carrier, preferably an axle strut or a chassis control arm. An elongated basic body (G) and at least two end-side mount supports () are provided for introducing and leading out forces.

Force strut brace

A mount support of a force connection strut is provided manufactured from plastic/metal composite materials for a chassis of a motor vehicle. The force connection strut has an elongated basic body and a sleeve (H) passing through the basic body. The sleeve (H) has a flange (F) on at least one side and is connected to the basic body by extrusion coating with plastic at least at one of its ends.

Bearing seat of a tension strut made of composite materials

A sealing bellows is provided having a jacket () arranged between first and second edges () of the sealing bellows. The edges () of the sealing bellows are sealingly in contact with components in the assembled state of the sealing bellows (). At least a first edge () of the sealing bellows has radially inwardly pointing teeth (), which engage a contour of a component or a housing () of a ball and socket joint to form a snap connection.

Sealing bellows with snap-on connection

A connection strut of a chassis of a passenger car or utility vehicle for the connection between the chassis and the wheel carrier, preferably an axle strut or a chassis control arm, with an elongated basic body and at least two mount supports arranged at the end for introducing and leading out forces. The basic body has a composite between a flat metal insert and a plastic structure forming the rest of the contour. The plastic structure is formed by encasement of the metal insert. The rest of the contour is defined here as the difference between the final contour of the force connection strut and the portion that is formed by the metal insert.

Force connection strut

The present invention pertains to a chassis part for connection and force transmission between a vehicle chassis of at least one wheel, consisting of fiber-reinforced plastics or plastic composite systems, preferably for a passenger car or utility vehicle. The present invention is characterized in that at least one means for measuring forces acting on the chassis parts is integrated in the plastic portions of the chassis parts.

Chassis part consisting of fiber-reinforced plastics, equipped with an integrated sensor

A ball-and-socket joint, preferably for chassis suspensions and/or steering mechanisms of motor vehicles, is presented, which has a ball pivot pin (), which is accommodated rotatably and tiltably in a joint housing () with one of its free ends with a spherical joint area (). The other free end of the ball pivot pin () is fixed to a body part. The ball-and-socket joint has a stop device for limiting the tilting movement of the ball pivot pin () in the joint housing (), which comprises a stop element, which is arranged in the bottom area () of the joint housing () rotationally symmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the sphere and cooperates with the end-side joint area () of the ball pivot pin (). Corresponding to a first embodiment variant, the ball-and-socket joint has an arch projecting spherically over the bottom area () of the joint housing () as a stop element; a second solution variant provides for the stop element in the bottom area () of the joint housing () to have a hollow spherical shape, the radius of the hollow spherical shape being greater than the radius of the spherical shape of the joint area of the ball pivot pin ().

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Osnabrück, Germany

Stefan Schönhoff