AXLE CONTROL ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
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Abstract
An axle control element of a motor vehicle has a torsion spring system connected to a wheel control element via a rotary spring arm and fixedly supported on the vehicle body via a controllable actuator. The torsion spring system has a torsion spring rod nested inside a torsion spring tube. An actuator unit is spaced apart from the torsion spring system and is fixed on the vehicle body and a pivotally controllable drive lever is connected to the actuator unit. The drive lever is connected to a torsion spring tube, and an output lever is connected to a torsion spring rod and directly or indirectly via a coupling to the wheel control element. Alternatively, the drive lever is connected to a torsion spring rod, and the output lever is connected to a torsion spring tube and directly or indirectly via a coupling to the wheel control element.
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22 Claims
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11. An axle control element of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a controllable actuator, a torsion spring system comprising at least one torsion spring tube and at least one torsion spring rod nested inside the at least one torsion spring tube, said torsion spring system constructed as an accumulator spring and being connected, on one hand, via a rotating arm to a wheel control element and being fixedly supported, on the other hand, on a vehicle body via the controllable actuator, wherein the actuator comprises an actuator unit, which is spaced from the torsion spring system and fixedly mounted on the vehicle body, and a drive lever, which is connected to the actuator unit for controlled pivoting, and wherein the axle control element is constructed such that either a drive lever is connected to the at least one torsion spring tube, and an output lever is connected to the at least one torsion spring rod and is also connected directly or indirectly via a coupling to the wheel control element, or that the drive lever is connected to the least one torsion spring rod, and the output lever is connected to the least one torsion spring tube and is also connected directly or indirectly via a coupling to the wheel control element. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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