Wheel carrier apparatus for a motor vehicle

US12202296B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Achim Schulz · Öschelbronn, DE
• Phillip Aaron Grabowski · Stuttgart, DE
• Maximilian Mahlberg · Cologne, DE
• Andreas Higle · Wendlingen, DE
• Daniel Winkler · Mesa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2023
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2025
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2229/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Wheel carrier apparatus for a motor vehicle including a wheel hub to which a vehicle wheel can be fastened, and an articulation apparatus for torque transmission having an articulation housing and an articulation drive element operatively connected to the articulation housing. The articulation housing is arranged coaxially to the wheel hub and is connected to the wheel hub in a rotationally fixed manner. The wheel carrier apparatus further includes a wheel carrier on which the wheel hub and the articulation housing are borne via a wheel bearing in a rotationally fixed manner. The wheel bearing includes an outer bearing ring fastened to the wheel carrier, an inner bearing ring divided in the axial direction, and multiple rolling bodies arranged radially between the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring. The divided inner bearing ring includes a first inner bearing ring element and a second inner bearing ring element.