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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Deaborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Juergen Funke, Leverkusen, DE;
Andreas Carlitz, Stolberg, DE;
Paul Godesberg, Cologne, DE;
Jason Paulding, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 11/16 (2006.01); F16D 1/12 (2006.01); F16F 1/12 (2006.01); B60G 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 11/16 (2013.01); B60G 11/14 (2013.01); F16F 1/126 (2013.01); B60G 2202/12 (2013.01); B60G 2204/124 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spring pad arranged between a terminal winding of a helical spring of a vehicle wheel suspension. The winding defines a rolled spring end. A spring plate supports the helical spring. The spring pad having a layered structure having two layers different in their rigidity. The first layer has a higher rigidity than the second layer. The first layer is an outer layer of the layered structure that may engage the terminal winding of the helical spring.