Dual-rate leaf spring suspension for a vehicle

US11001113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Marc Simon · Whitefish Bay, US
• Thomas Gerhards · Niederzier, DE
• Ralf Hintzen · Aachen, DE
• Rainer Souschek · Aachen, DE
• Nicole Zandbergen · Würselen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2018
• Grant date: May 11, 2021
• Expiry date: May 1, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2204/125
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An axle suspension for a vehicle includes a spring assembly with a leaf spring and a connecting arm, wherein the leaf spring supports a vehicle axle and, on an end side, is pivotably connected to a vehicle structure and pivotably connected to the connecting arm. In order to provide an optimized axle suspension with two-stage suspension, the spring assembly in a region of the connecting arm has a first stop element and the vehicle structure has a second stop element, which stop elements under normal load of the vehicle are spaced apart from one another and, when a limit load is exceeded, contact one another, whereby at least one stop element is elastically deformable.