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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Ingolf Müller, Minfeld, DE;
Manfred Bürgmann, Ravensburg, DE;
Andre Stieglitz, Osnabruck, DE;
Philipp Bauer, Eriskirch, DE;
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A four-point link for a vehicle includes a core element and a main laminate comprising a fiber reinforced plastics composite material, which wraps around the core element. The core element comprises four load-introducing elements and a foam core, and the four load-introducing elements () are connected by positive engagement to the foam core (). The four-point link has four additional windings, wherein a respective additional winding wraps around a first, second, third and fourth load-introducing element and operatively connects a respective one of the latter to the main laminate. Compressive forces can be introduced into the main laminate () by means of every additional winding ().