IP Library Granted Patent US 8,925,942
Granted Patent B2
US 8,925,942 · App. 13/823,227 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Axle support, in particular front axle support for motor vehicles

Inventors: Thomas Buschjohann (Nordstemmen, DE); Heiko Kauert (Bernau, DE)
Assignee: KSM Castings Group GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,925,942
App. No.
13/823,227
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an axle support ( 12 ) for motor vehicles. The axle support comprises at least one receiving element ( 10 ) for the steering device, which preferably comprises a tubular hollow body ( 10 a ) and is either produced in a single piece with the axle support or is bonded thereto.

Claims (16)

1. An axle support for motor vehicles, the axle support comprising at least two steering device receiving elements disposed transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and spaced apart from each other,

wherein the axle support is cast in one piece.

2. The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two steering device receiving elements has at least one tubular hollow body for the accommodation of a steering rod or toothed rack and/or track rod.

3. The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two steering device receiving elements has at least one tubular hollow body for the accommodation of a steering rod or toothed rack and/or track rod.

4. The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two steering device receiving elements is formed for the bearing of a steering column.

5. The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two steering device receiving elements is formed for the accommodation of the gearbox stages of a servo motor.

6. The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two steering device receiving elements are manufactured separately from the casting of the axle support and are cast in place and/or cast-on and/or over/cast on the axle support cast in one piece.

7. The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein the axle support is a front axle support or a rear axle support,

wherein the axle support has respectively two receiving elements or recesses, spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, for the bearing points for the swiveling bearing of each one of two wheel guide members, and

wherein the axle support has receiving elements or recesses for the fixation of the axle support.

8. The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein the axle support or the at least two steering device receiving elements are manufactured at least partly from a lightweight material.

9. The axle support according to claim 8 , wherein the lightweight material is a light metal, a plastic or a composite of light metal and plastic.

10. The axle support according to claim 9 , wherein the lightweight material consists of aluminum, magnesium, zinc or alloys with one or more of these metals.

11. The axle support according to claim 9 , wherein the plastic is a polyamide, especially a glass-fiber-reinforced polyamide.

12. Axle The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein the axle support is manufactured in a light metal casting process.

13. The axle support according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two steering device receiving elements have profilings and/or stiffening indentations, ribs, beads and/or bulges.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2013
From: BUSCHJOHANN, THOMAS; KAUERT, HEIKO
To: KSM CASTINGS GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 030138/0740 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 050 006 · Nov 2, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130168939A1 · Jul 4, 2013