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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Gerhards, Niederzier, DE;
Alberto Girelli Consolaro, Aachen, DE;
Ralf Hintzen, Aachen, DE;
Daniel Mainz, Herzogenrath, DE;
Rainer Souschek, Aachen, DE;
Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Aachen, DE;
Nicole Zandbergen, Würselen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A leaf spring assembly resiliently supporting a wheel carrier on a vehicle body of a motor vehicle. The leaf spring assembly including first and second spring leaves and a clamp having a clamping part exerting a clamping force whereby the first and second spring leaves are held together by the clamp. A bridging part arranged between the first spring leaf and the clamping part transmits at least part of the clamping force from the clamping part to the first spring leaf bridging the second spring leaf and reducing the clamping force exerted thereon.