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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthias Dehmel, Pulheim, DE;
Michael Johannes Frantzen, Aachen, DE;
Michael Seemann, Koln, DE;
Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Aachen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a device for a vehicle, for height adjustment of a vehicle superstructure, which at one end has a first means for pivoting on a sprung mass () of the vehicle and at the other end a second means for pivoting on an unsprung mass () of the vehicle, a vibration damper () damping a relative movement of the sprung mass and unsprung masses (), and a self-pumping air spring () which supports the sprung and unsprung masses () against each other in a sprung fashion. The vibration damper () according to the invention has a damping characteristic which is adjustable during operation, preferably steplessly adjustable. The invention also concerns a method for height adjustment of a vehicle superstructure by means of such a device.