Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford-werke Gmbh

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, a Subsidary of Ford Motor Company

Wolfgang David

Thomas Gerhards

Marc Simon

Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim

Michael Frantzen

Martina Beyer

Karsten Sander

Frank Scheper

Karsten Klostermeier

Ralf Hintzen

Paul Zandbergen

Rainer Souschek

Edmund Halfmann

Jens Wohlers

Andreas Rodenberg

Michael Johannes Franzten

Jen Wohlers

Michael Johannes Frantzen

Martina Bayer

Peter Porschen

A longitudinal leaf spring device for suspending a motor vehicle body or chassis on a vehicle axle thereof. Leaf spring device including an elongated leaf spring unit, a coupling device connecting the leaf spring unit to the vehicle axle, and suspension unit arranged in a substantially vertical direction between a chassis and the axle. The suspension unit including suspension elements providing a spring-back force in the vertical direction and producing an active connection between the chassis and the axle when the distance between the chassis and axle exceeds a predetermined first deflection depth.

Vehicle suspension unit

The invention relates to a transverse link () having a main body (), which has at least one first fixing region () for pivotal attachment to a vehicle frame element and at least one further fixing region () for pivotal attachment to a hub carrier, the main body () having at least one wheel limb (). In order largely to avoid destruction of the journal connection of the transverse link to a hub carrier if the wheel hits a curbstone, for example, the proposal is to provide a transitional region (), which is arranged between the wheel limb () and the further fixing region (), the transitional region () being embodied in such a way that a deformation zone () acting in the longitudinal direction (Y) of the wheel limb () is formed.

Transverse link on a motor vehicle

The invention relates to a wheel suspension having a shock absorber () with a piston rod () and a spring element (), the spring element () being mounted between a lower spring retaining plate () and an upper spring retaining plate () and the head of the shock absorber () being fastened to a vehicle body (). An intermediate element system () is arranged and embodied between the upper spring retaining plate () and the vehicle body () in such a manner that a compensating moment () is generated during final installation of the shock absorber () on the vehicle body ().

Wheel suspension

A transverse link () has a main body (), which has at least one first fixing region () for pivotal attachment to a vehicle frame element. The first fixing region () has a journal () surrounded by a bearing bush (). A stop region () is arranged proximate the first fixing region (). The stop region is interrupted when viewed in the circumferential direction, resulting in the formation of diametrically opposite thickened portions (), which are arranged between the main body () and the journal () and are embodied in such a way that only forces acting in the lateral and vertical vehicle directions are absorbed when the main body () is twisted out of the neutral position thereof, about a vertical axis (Y) of a second fixing region ().

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Aachen, Germany

Wolfgang David