Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Uwe Steinkamp

Volker Wagner

Gabriele Fruhmann

Martin Rattay

Arnold Middelkampf

Stefan Lehmkuhl

Norbert Schmudde

Martin Kornhage

Alfons Hegemann

Jorg Brandt

Holger Hoeckmann

Jörg Brandt

A holder () for a spring () which has a spring fastening area () for fastening the spring () to the holder () and a wheel carrier fastening area () for fastening a wheel carrier () to the spring. The holder () further has a deformable zone () for transmitting force from the spring fastening area () to the wheel carrier fastening area ().

Holder for a spring

A load-sensing system is provided with at least one ball and socket joint and a ball and socket joint for load sensing is provided. The ball and socket joint of the load-sensing system has a joint housing, in which the joint ball of a ball pivot () can be received in a slidingly movable manner. The ball pivot () comprises a shaft area and a joint ball, a load-sensing means () being arranged in the shaft area of the ball pivot. The load-sensing system is characterized according to the present invention by an evaluating means, which is set up such that the signals of the load-sensing means () are output as a vector in a cartesian coordinate system. The load sensing makes it possible to reliably determine the operating or load state not only of individual components but rather of entire assembly units of a motor vehicle and with which the vehicle dynamics can be adjusted.

Load-sensing system with at least one ball and socket joint

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Osnabruck, Germany

Uwe Steinkamp