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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2016
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Andreas Reiser, Munich, DE;
Thomas Eifflaender, Munich, DE;
Michael Keigler, Munich, DE;
Johann Dudkowiak, Poecking, DE;
Wolfgang Gruber, Landshut, DE;
Matthias Stangl, Dachau, DE;
Hubert Scholz, Munich, DE;
Thomas Kaespaizer, Munich, DE;
Martin Schwab, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A vibration damper is provided for a vehicle, preferably for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier made of metal for rotatably receiving a wheel, a damper tube arrangement at least partly made of a fiber-reinforced plastic for forming a damper fluid volume, a piston which is guided in the damper tube arrangement and includes a piston rod. The damper tube arrangement is rigidly connected to the wheel carrier and the piston rod can be connected to a body of the vehicle. A wheel carrier fluid volume is formed in the wheel carrier and which is connected to the damper fluid volume. The fluid in the wheel carrier fluid volume is in direct contact with the metal of the wheel carrier in order to transfer heat.