Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle

US5454443A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

4References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

Ruediger Fischle · Leonberg, DE
Rainer Joest · Lambach, DE
Julius Tueri · Leutenbach, DE
Rolf von Sivers · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 1994
Grant date	Oct 3, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60K5/1216
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

For avoiding torsional vibrations of the vehicle body, the motor vehicle of the present invention uses a drive assembly as an absorber which is held via three bearings in the vehicle body. The bearings having a characteristic which determines a high natural frequency of the assembly roll mode and is modulated precisely to the vehicle body torsion and has a low vertical bearing stiffness.

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