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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Manuel Bauer, Tittling, DE;
Paul Lenz, Waldkirchen, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A spring carrier of a motor vehicle axle, particularly of a portal axle, with a longitudinal portion () and a flange portion () which adjoins the one end of the longitudinal portion () and which has a flange (). The longitudinal portion () includes at least one fastening point for fastening to a shock absorber and/or to a suspension. At least the longitudinal portion () of the spring carrier arm comprises a lower shell () and an upper shell () of metallic material or of a plastic with or without fiber reinforcement, the shell edges () thereof extending along the neutral bending axis () of the spring carrier arm, and the lower shell () and upper shell () are connected to one another along the neutral bending axis () of the spring carrier arm by bonding engagement.