Transverse link on a motor vehicle

US8651504B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford-Werke GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Gerhards · Niederzier, DE
• Michael Johannes Frantzen · Aachen, DE
• Marc Simon · Whitefish Bay, US
• Wolfgang David · Aachen, DE
• Martina Beyer · Pulheim, DE
• Karsten Sander · Pulheim, DE
• Frank Scheper · Grevenbroich, DE
• Karsten Klostermeier · Hille, DE
• Jens Wohlers · Lemförde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2206/8101
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a transverse link (1) having a main body (2), which has at least one first fixing region (3) for pivotal attachment to a vehicle frame element and at least one further fixing region (6) for pivotal attachment to a hub carrier, the main body (2) having at least one wheel limb (8).In order largely to avoid destruction of the journal connection of the transverse link to a hub carrier if the wheel hits a curbstone, for example, the proposal is to provide a transitional region (19), which is arranged between the wheel limb (8) and the further fixing region (6), the transitional region (19) being embodied in such a way that a deformation zone (21) acting in the longitudinal direction (Y) of the wheel limb (8) is formed.