Spring support arrangement

US6199845A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Siegfried Rispeter · Besigheim, DE
• Juergen Lauer · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2204/418
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a spring support for a suspension strut of a motor vehicle, a spring collar is provided for supporting a coil spring. The spring support is connected in use with an outer tube of the spring strut. The spring collar comprises a pot-shaped receptacle for the outer tube of the spring strut. The collar is located eccentrically with respect to the outer tube and receptacle and has an annular spring coil support section located at an edge of the collar. This spring support section is connected with the pot-shaped receptacle by ribs that extend like the arms of a star toward the receptacle and have spaces between them. The spring support, including pot-shaped receptacle, ribs and annular spring coil support section, are formed as an integral cast part.