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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2002
Herbert Ehrhardt, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Ulrich Grau, Emskirchen, DE;
Gerhard Meyer, Lehrberg, DE;
Alexander Zernickel, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Vladimir Kobelev, Attendorn, DE;
Markus Röhling, Kreuztal, DE;
Other;
Abstract
A coil spring ( ) and support bearing ( ) arrangement for suspension struts ( ) with a shock absorber, supporting a steering knuckle of an automobile has a rolling-contact bearing ( ), with an axis (x); a receiving body ( ), arranged below the rolling-contact bearing ( ) in which the rolling-contact bearing is inserted; and a coil spring ( ). The coil spring ( ) has a force application line (f), which is offset relative to the axis (x) of the rolling-contact bearing ( ) at an angle (a). The coil spring ( ) has a first portion ( ), which, starting from the winding end ( ), winds around the receiving body ( ). The first portion ( ) abuts the receiving body ( ). The winding end ( ) of the coil spring ( ) is arranged in the area of the plane E formed by the force application line (f) and the axis (x). Thus, the axial forces acting from the coil spring ( ) onto the rolling-contact bearing ( ) have a maximum in the area of the force application line (f) of the transversal forces acting on the rolling-contact bearing ( ).