CHASSIS SYSTEM

Abstract

A chassis system for commercial vehicles includes a trailing arm and a plunger piston which are connected or can be connected to one another via a connecting region, the connecting region having an adjusting device which includes an engagement element and a guide element, and it being possible for the engagement element to be moved relative to the guide element in such a way that a displacement, in particular a translational movement, of the plunger piston relative to the trailing arm is made possible.

Claims

1.-8. (canceled)

9. A chassis system for commercial vehicles, comprising: a trailing arm; a plunger piston; and a connecting region connecting the trailing arm and the plunger piston, the connecting region having an adjusting device which comprises a guide element and an engagement element moveable relative to the guide element thereby allowing a translational movement of the plunger piston relative to the trailing arm, the engagement element displaceable in the guide element in an infinitely variable manner.

10. The chassis system as claimed in claim 9, where the adjusting device is configured such that the translational movement is substantially parallel to an axle tube longitudinal direction.

11. The chassis system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the guide element has a guide channel.

12. The chassis system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the guide channel has a groove profile.

13. The chassis system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the guide channel is closed at one end.

14. The chassis system as claimed in claim 9, wherein one or more spacer pieces are arranged in or on the guide element and configured to allow setting of a position of the engagement element relative to the trailing arm and/or to the guide element.

15. The chassis system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the guide element is spaced apart from an axle tube center point at a spacing of from about 340 to about 380 mm.

16. The chassis system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the engagement element is offset relative to a center axis of the plunger piston by a spacing.

17. The chassis system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the engagement element is configured such that the plunger piston is rotatable relative to the trailing arm.

18. The chassis system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the engagement element is mounted rotatably in and/or on the plunger piston.

19. The chassis system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the engagement element is rotatably mounted to the plunger piston via an insert rotatably arranged in the plunger piston.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] Further advantages and features result from the following description of one preferred embodiment of a chassis system having a plunger piston and a trailing arm, with reference to the appended figures, in which:

[0021] FIG. 1 shows a side view of one preferred embodiment of a chassis system in a first position; and

[0022] FIG. 2 shows a further view of that embodiment of a chassis system which is known from FIG. 1, in a second position.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0023] FIG. 1 shows a side view of a chassis system, comprising a trailing arm 10 and a plunger piston 20 which is arranged at an arm end 11 of the trailing arm 10 in a connecting region 40. The trailing arm 10 which extends substantially along a driving direction which is indicated by the designation F has an arrangement region for an axle tube 80 which extends along an axle tube longitudinal direction A, the designation 82 denoting an axle tube center point. A spacing a from a guide element 50 which is configured in the embodiment which is shown here as a substantially round guide channel 50 is measured relative to said axle tube center point. An engagement element 52 is arranged in said guide channel, a translational displacement of the plunger piston 20 relative to the trailing arm 10 being made possible, as it were, transversely with respect to a plane of the drawing. The plunger piston 20 has a center axis M which represents, as it were, a rotational axis of the plunger piston 20. The guide element 50 and the engagement element 52 are positioned at a spacing x which lies in a range of approximately from 18 to 26 mm. The spacing a is approximately from 360 to 364 mm. In the embodiment which is shown here, the engagement element 52 is configured as a part of an insert 54, the insert 54 being rotatable relative to the plunger piston 20. In other words, the plunger piston 20 is therefore of rotatable configuration with respect to the adjusting device.

[0024] FIG. 2 shows that embodiment of a chassis system which is known from FIG. 1. The main focus is directed at the fact that the plunger piston 20 or its center axis M is arranged here behind the adjusting device, comprising the guide element 50 and the engagement element 52, in relation to the driving direction F. By way of the configuration of the adjusting device, not only a displacement of the plunger piston 20 relative to the trailing arm 10 along the guide channel 50 is therefore realized, but rather also transversely with respect thereto.

LIST OF DESIGNATIONS

[0025] 10 Trailing arm [0026] 11 Arm end [0027] 20 Plunger piston [0028] 40 Connecting region [0029] 50 Guide element, guide channel, groove profile [0030] 52 Engagement element [0031] 54 Insert [0032] 80 Axle tube [0033] 82 Axle tube center point [0034] A Axle tube longitudinal direction [0035] M Center axis [0036] x Spacing [0037] a Spacing [0038] F Driving direction