Mount for mounting a cab on a vehicle frame

US6474430B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Firma Carl Freudenberg · DE

Inventors

• Arno Hamaekers · Gorxheimertal, DE
• Arnold Simuttis · Bad Kreuznach, DE
• Axel Rudolph · Bensheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 10, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D33/0604
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A mount for mounting a cab on a vehicle frame includes a first and a second mounting part, one of which is provided on the cab and the other of which is provided on the frame. The mount further includes a vibration damper acting between frame and cab. The first mounting part includes an inner anchoring part and an outer anchoring part that is movable with respect to the inner anchoring part, the outer anchoring part radially enclosing the inner anchoring part, an elastic spring element acting between the inner and the outer anchoring parts, the cab being raiseable with respect to the vehicle frame, e.g., in a swiveling manner, from a driving position into a service position, and being lowerable from the service position into the driving position. In response to raising the cab into the service position, the first and the second mounting parts are separated from each other, and, in response to lowering the cab into the driving position, the first and second mounting parts are reconnected. In the driving position, the first mounting part is accommodated in a receptacle formed on the inner anchoring part. A centering device is provided, which aligns the first mounting part with respec…