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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Thyssenkrupp Bilstein Gmbh, Ennepetal, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, Ennepetal, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 15/06 (2006.01); B60G 17/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 15/065 (2013.01); B60G 17/0272 (2013.01); B60G 2202/312 (2013.01); B60G 2202/32 (2013.01); B60G 2202/413 (2013.01); B60G 2206/426 (2013.01); B60G 2500/20 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a suspension strut for a motor vehicle with a vibration damper, with a supporting spring and with a height-adjustment device, with which the height of the vehicle body of the motor vehicle can be changed, and wherein the suspension strut has an auxiliary spring having a lower spring characteristic than the supporting spring, by means of which auxiliary spring a residual prestress can be produced in the supporting spring when the vibration damper is extended, and wherein the auxiliary spring is integrated in the height-adjustment device.