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Granted Patent B2
US 9,108,482 · App. 14/181,269 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Torsion bar spring arrangement for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle

Inventors: Dominik Mohrlock (Ingolstadt, DE); Andreas Schindler (Ingolstadt, DE); Heinrich Beringer (Denkendorf, DE); Joachim Schmitt (Ingolstadt, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
B60G17/025B60G11/15B60G11/183B60G11/48B60G11/50B60G21/0555B60G2202/12B60G2202/134B60G2202/42B60G2204/1224B60G2206/604
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Patent No.
US 9,108,482
App. No.
14/181,269
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A torsion bar spring arrangement for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle includes an actuator arranged on a vehicle body or on a subframe and constructed to variably pre-tension the torsion bar spring arrangement, a coaxial first torsion bar spring having an output side that is connected by way of an output lever to a wheel suspension element of the wheel suspension, and a housing of the actuator supported on the vehicle body in at least one bearing location for movement in a circumferential direction and resiliently yieldingly supported on the vehicle body in the direction of torsional moments acting on the torsion bar spring by way of at least one spring element.

Claims (27)

1. A torsion bar spring arrangement for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, comprising:

an actuator arranged on a vehicle body or on a subframe and constructed to variably pre-tension the torsion bar spring arrangement,

a coaxial first torsion bar spring having an output side that is connected by way of an output lever to a wheel suspension element of the wheel suspension, and

a housing of the actuator supported on the vehicle body in at least one bearing location for movement in a circumferential direction and resiliently yieldingly supported on the vehicle body in a direction of torsional moments acting on the torsion bar spring by way of at least one spring element comprising two opposing spring elements,

the torsion bar spring arrangement further comprising a radially outwardly projecting lever clamped between the two opposing spring elements and attached on the housing of the actuator.

2. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the two opposing spring elements springs are formed by coil compression springs or tension springs or by rubber-elastic buffers.

3. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one spring element is made of a material that is different from a material of the first torsion bar spring.

4. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the first torsion bar spring is constructed as a single piece, with a first end of the first torsion bar drivingly connected to the output lever and a second end of the first torsion bar drivingly connected to an output element of the actuator.

5. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 1 , comprising two torsion bar spring arrangements arranged on an axle of the motor vehicle and aligned transversely to a motor vehicle's longitudinal direction, with each of the torsion bar spring arrangements having an actuator rotatably supported in a region of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the motor vehicle and the first torsion rod springs together with the output levers are positioned outwardly in relation to the vertical longitudinal center plane.

6. A torsion bar spring arrangement for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, comprising:

an actuator arranged on a vehicle body or on a subframe and constructed to variably pre-tension the torsion bar spring arrangement,

a coaxial first torsion bar spring having an output side that is connected by way of an output lever to a wheel suspension element of the wheel suspension, and

a housing of the actuator supported on the vehicle body in at least one bearing location for movement in a circumferential direction and resiliently yieldingly supported on the vehicle body in a direction of torsional moments acting on the torsion bar spring by way of at least one spring element constructed as a coil spring arranged around the actuator and acting in two opposing rotation directions, wherein a first end of the at least one spring element is anchored on the vehicle body and an opposite second end of the at least one spring element is anchored on the housing of the actuator.

7. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 6 , wherein the at least one spring element is made of a material that is different from a material of the first torsion bar spring.

8. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 6 , wherein the first torsion bar spring is constructed as a single piece, with a first end of the first torsion bar drivingly connected to the output lever and a second end of the first torsion bar drivingly connected to an output element of the actuator.

9. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 6 , comprising two torsion bar spring arrangements arranged on an axle of the motor vehicle and aligned transversely to a motor vehicle's longitudinal direction, with each of the torsion bar spring arrangements having an actuator rotatably supported in a region of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the motor vehicle and the first torsion rod springs together with the output levers are positioned outwardly in relation to the vertical longitudinal center plane.

10. A torsion bar spring arrangement for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, comprising:

an actuator arranged on a vehicle body or on a subframe and constructed to variably pre-tension the torsion bar spring arrangement,

a coaxial first torsion bar spring having an output side that is connected by way of an output lever to a wheel suspension element of the wheel suspension, and

a housing of the actuator supported on the vehicle body in at least one bearing location for movement in a circumferential direction and resiliently yieldingly supported on the vehicle body in a direction of torsional moments acting on the torsion bar spring by way of at least one spring element,

wherein the housing of the actuator is attached by way of the at least one spring element to a torque support of the vehicle body, and

wherein the at least one spring element is a second torsion bar spring having a first end connected to the housing and a second end supported by way of the torque support on the vehicle body.

11. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the first torsion bar spring and at least one of the second torsion bar spring and the housing of the actuator are formed coaxially in relation to each other.

12. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the first torsion bar spring and the second torsion bar spring are disposed on opposite end faces of the housing of the actuator.

13. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the at least one spring element is made of a material that is different from a material of the first torsion bar spring.

14. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the first torsion bar spring is constructed as a single piece, with a first end of the first torsion bar drivingly connected to the output lever and a second end of the first torsion bar drivingly connected to an output element of the actuator.

15. The torsion bar spring arrangement of claim 10 , comprising two torsion bar spring arrangements arranged on an axle of the motor vehicle and aligned transversely to a motor vehicle's longitudinal direction, with each of the torsion bar spring arrangements having an actuator rotatably supported in a region of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the motor vehicle and the first torsion rod springs together with the output levers are positioned outwardly in relation to the vertical longitudinal center plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2014
From: MOHRLOCK, DOMINIK; SCHINDLER, ANDREAS; BERINGER, HEINRICH; SCHMITT, JOACHIM
To: AUDI AG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 002 713 · Feb 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140232083A1 · Aug 21, 2014