IP Library Patent Application 11138213
Patent Application
App. No. 11/138,213

Spring-damper-system for a motor vehicle carriage

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App. No.
11/138,213
Abstract

A spring-damper system for a motor vehicle carriage has a hydraulic master unit which supports the carriage opposite the chassis of the motor vehicle, and a hydraulic slave unit which is situated outside the carriage and is connected to the master unit via a hydraulic line. To save space, it is proposed to mount the slave unit on a bearing spring and to equip the master unit with a damping device.

Claims (24)

1 . A spring-damper system for a carriage of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a hydraulic master unit which supports a wheel opposite a chassis of the motor vehicle,

a hydraulic slave unit which is situated outside the carriage of the motor vehicle and is connected to the master unit via a hydraulic line,

a bearing spring by which the slave unit is supported, and

a damping mechanism with which the master unit is equipped.

2 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 1 , and further comprising a secondary spring in addition to the bearing spring.

3 . The spring-damper-system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the secondary spring is arranged in line with the bearing spring.

4 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the secondary spring is parallel to the bearing spring.

5 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the secondary spring exerts force on a hydraulic fluid and is connected to the master unit or the hydraulic line.

6 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the slave unit is integrated into a fixed structural component of the motor vehicle.

7 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the fixed structural component is a beam.

8 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the fixed structural component is a brace.

9 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the master unit comprises a cylinder, in which a piston and hollow piston rod connected to the piston are introduced, and wherein the piston is equipped with a hydraulic damping device.

10 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a stream cross section of the hollow piston rod is less than half the cross section of the cylinder.

11 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the slave unit includes a cylinder in which a pressure space is formed by the movement of the piston, and wherein the piston is supported on a side opposite the pressure space by another spring.

12 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the slave unit includes a telescoping cylinder having an outside around which the bearing spring is wound, and wherein the telescoping cylinder and the bearing spring are supported by an inside of a frame.

13 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the slave unit includes a telescoping cylinder which is supported by at least one torsion spring.

14 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the slave unit is integrated into a fixed structural component of the motor vehicle.

15 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the master unit comprises a cylinder, in which a piston and hollow piston rod connected to the piston are introduced, and wherein the piston is equipped with a hydraulic damping device.

16 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the slave unit includes a telescoping cylinder having an outside around which the bearing spring is wound, and wherein the telescoping cylinder and the bearing spring are supported by an inside of a frame.

17 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the slave unit includes a telescoping cylinder which is supported by at least one torsion spring.

18 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the fixed structural component is a beam.

19 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the fixed structural component is a brace.

20 . The spring-damper system as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a stream cross section of the hollow piston rod is less than half the cross section of the cylinder.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 30, 2008
From: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NUMBER 722287)
Reel/Frame 021184/0926 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2005
From: SCHULZ, DR. ACHIM; STAMM, ANDRE
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 016819/0400 →