Suspension strut top mount

US7364177B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Gunther Handke · Euerbach, DE
• Markus Schulz · Gaimersheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2008
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2204/61
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A suspension strut top mount having a bearing connection onto a vehicle body and a spring retainer for a vehicle support. The spring retainer is set obliquely relative to a central axis of a suspension strut. The suspension strut top mount further has an obliquely set bearing arranged between the bearing connection and the spring retainer and has a bearing input part, which is associated with the bearing connection, and a bearing output part, which is associated with the spring retainer. A stop buffer, which is arranged concentrically to the central axis of the suspension strut, comes into contact on a cylinder-end surface of the suspension strut in a defined spring compression position. The stop buffer has an effective connection to the bearing output part of the bearing.