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Wheel module for a motor vehicle and corresponding motor vehicle

US11498379B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

15Claims

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Assignee

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Benjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko · Erlangen, DE
Manfred Kraus · Kehl, DE
Christian Harkort · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2019
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D1/021
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel module (10) for a motor vehicle includes a wheel (12) and a wheel guide (14) for guiding the wheel (12). The wheel guide (14) includes a wheel carrier unit (16) for supporting the wheel (12); a wheel fork (24) supporting the wheel carrier unit (16); a steering actuator (18) for adjusting the steering angle of the wheel (12);a spring-damper unit (28); and a level adjustment unit (36) for adjusting the height of the vehicle body (32) of the motor vehicle. The spring-damper unit (28) is arranged in a region of the wheel guide (14) between the wheel fork (24) and the wheel carrier unit (16).

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