Frame device for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, and vehicle having at least one such frame device

US11780504B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Gilbert SCHANTL · Munich, DE
• Ruben Goldberg · Ingolstadt, DE
• Thomas Klinger · Ingolstadt, DE
• Marek Bujak · Wellheim, DE
• Hans-Peter FRENSCH · Ingolstadt, DE
• Martin Dobel · Ingolstadt, DE
• Eike Malte Manske · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 21, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D27/065
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A frame device for a vehicle, including a subframe which can be attached to a structure of the vehicle and which has two side members spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction of the subframe and at least one cross member via which the side members are interconnected. The frame device also includes at least one support element, which is formed separately from the subframe and has at least one attachment element by which at least one component of the vehicle can be attached to the support element, and a steering gear which is formed separately from the subframe and separately from the support element for a steering system of the vehicle. Both the steering gear and the support element are attached to the subframe by one and the same fastening element.