US 12,233,679 B2
Semi-rigid axle for a vehicle
Ali Dari, Cologne (DE); Andreas Hinz, Frechen (DE); Jens Glorer, Pulheim (DE); Thelu Gopi, Chennai (IN); and Tobias Nowak, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,814.
Claims priority of application No. 102021109912.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332161 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60G 21/05 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 21/05 (2013.01) [B60G 21/051 (2013.01); B60G 21/052 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semi-rigid axle for a vehicle comprises:
a torsion profile, which extends in a Y direction and is open downward in a Z direction; and
two longitudinal control arms, which are connected to the semi-rigid axle and are each connected to the torsion profile by a gusset plate arrangement,
wherein each gusset plate arrangement has a first gusset plate attached to one of the two longitudinal control arms and a second gusset plate arranged at least partially above the first gusset plate, and
wherein, for each gusset plate arrangement, first and second connecting sections of the first and second gusset plates are connected to one another and each of the first and second gusset plates is attached to an inside of the torsion profile on both sides in an X direction,
wherein each of the second gusset plates is spaced apart from a corresponding one of the two longitudinal control arms in the Y direction.