Title:
METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CAMBER AND/OR TOE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/130342
Kind Code:
A4
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for adjusting the camber and/or toe of the wheels (20) of wheel suspensions (10), especially for motor vehicles, comprising a wheel carrier (12) on which the respective wheel (20) is rotatably mounted and which is divided into a carrier part (24) receiving the wheel, a guiding part (22) connected to the wheel suspension (10), and two rotary parts, especially actuating cylinders (26, 28), arranged between the carrier part and the guiding part and rotatable in relation to each other, to the carrier part (24) and to the guiding part (22) about a common rotational axis (32). Each of said rotary parts can be moved by a drive (40) and an actuator (42) in both directions of rotation. According to the invention, the actuator (42) is designed for at least one of the rotary parts (26, 28) as a planetary gearbox (42), and the planetary gearbox (42) is especially radially externally arranged around the rotary part (26, 28).
Inventors:
MICHEL WILFRIED (DE)
MUELLER HUGO (DE)
MEITINGER KARL-HEINZ (DE)
KOSSIRA CHRISTOPH (DE)
SCHMID WOLFGANG (DE)
MUELLER HUGO (DE)
MEITINGER KARL-HEINZ (DE)
KOSSIRA CHRISTOPH (DE)
SCHMID WOLFGANG (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2010/002678
Publication Date:
March 10, 2011
Filing Date:
May 03, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AUDI AG (DE)
MICHEL WILFRIED (DE)
MUELLER HUGO (DE)
MEITINGER KARL-HEINZ (DE)
KOSSIRA CHRISTOPH (DE)
SCHMID WOLFGANG (DE)
MICHEL WILFRIED (DE)
MUELLER HUGO (DE)
MEITINGER KARL-HEINZ (DE)
KOSSIRA CHRISTOPH (DE)
SCHMID WOLFGANG (DE)
International Classes:
B62D17/00; B60G3/26; B60G21/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ASCH, Konrad (Patentabteilung, Ingolstadt, DE)
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