Chassis link for a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A chassis link comprising a single-shell sheet metal main body, on which a plurality of bearing regions are formed for attaching bearing elements by which the main body can be connected to the bodywork and to a movable part of a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, the main body comprising two arms which merge into one another and define a main-body plane and a concave edge region of the main body, the concave edge region extending from a wheel-side bearing region towards a bodywork-side bearing region and being at an angle relative to the main-body plane, wherein the angled, concave edge region comprises, along at least one curve length portion, at least one oblique surface which corresponds to a chamfer and, when viewed in cross section, forms an angle in the range of from 25°
- to 75°
with a surface, adjacent thereto, of the angled, concave edge region, wherein the curve length portion is at least 10% of the curve length of the angled, concave edge region, and wherein, when viewed in cross section, the oblique surface has a length in the range of 5 mm to 20 mm.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a chassis link including a single-shell sheet metal main body, on which a plurality of bearing regions are formed for attaching bearing elements by which the main body can be connected to the bodywork and to a movable part of a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle. The main body includes two arms which merge into one another and define a main-body plane and a concave edge region of the main body. The concave edge region extends from a wheel-side bearing region towards a bodywork-side bearing region and is at an angle relative to the main-body plane. For such a chassis link having a high inherent stiffness and a low weight the invention proposes that the angled, concave edge region includes, along at least one curve length portion, at least one oblique surface which, when viewed in cross section, encloses an angle in the range of from 25° to 75° with a surface, adjacent thereto, of the angled, concave edge region. As a result, the inherent stiffness of the chassis link is increased for a maintained sheet metal thickness.
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1. A chassis link comprising a single-shell sheet metal main body, on which a plurality of bearing regions are formed for attaching bearing elements by which the main body can be connected to the bodywork and to a movable part of a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, the main body comprising two arms which merge into one another and define a main-body plane and a concave edge region of the main body, the concave edge region extending from a wheel-side bearing region towards a bodywork-side bearing region and being at an angle relative to the main-body plane, wherein the angled, concave edge region comprises, along at least one curve length portion, at least one oblique surface which corresponds to a chamfer and, when viewed in cross section, forms an angle in the range of from 25°
- to 75°
with a surface, adjacent thereto, of the angled, concave edge region, wherein the curve length portion is at least 10% of the curve length of the angled, concave edge region, and wherein, when viewed in cross section, the oblique surface has a length in the range of 5 mm to 20 mm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- to 75°
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