Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1998-03-04
2000-11-28
Dickson, Paul N.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
B62D 718
Patent
active
061524662
ABSTRACT:
An axle journal (20), especially for the front axle of a front wheel drive motor vehicle comprises a main body (30) made of shaped sheet metal parts (32, 34) which enclose a circumferentially extending cavity (36). The cavity (36) houses portions (43) and (46) of mounting components (brake carrier member 42 and a combination 45 steering tie rod mount and transverse link seat) which portions stiffen the axle journal (20). The section of the cavity not taken up by the stiffening portions of the mounting components may be foam-filled. This composite-structure axle journal can be manufactured at low cost due to the reduced mechanical finishing required and can sustain heavy loads, whereby it meets present day requirements of lightweight construction.
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Op den Camp Eckart
Seuser Ulrich
Dickson Paul N.
Lucas Industries Public Limited Company
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