US 11,951,788 B2
Bearing unit for a suspension strut of a motor vehicle and method for installing a bearing unit on a motor vehicle body part
Jürgen Hilbinger, Neustadt an der Aisch (DE); Jens Dungs, Nuremberg (DE); Harald Kohlmann, Pommersfelden (DE); Gerhard Meyer, Lehrberg (DE); Rainer Lutz, Markt Erlbach (DE); and Arno Wolf, Höchstadt (DE)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co., Herzogenaurach (DE)
Appl. No. 17/603,973
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/100223
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/211897, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 110 231.6 (DE), filed on Apr. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203790 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B60G 15/06 (2006.01); B60G 7/04 (2006.01); F16C 19/10 (2006.01); F16C 27/08 (2006.01); F16F 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 15/068 (2013.01) [B60G 7/04 (2013.01); F16C 19/10 (2013.01); F16C 27/08 (2013.01); F16F 1/3828 (2013.01); B60G 2204/128 (2013.01); B60G 2204/418 (2013.01); B60G 2204/45021 (2013.01); B60G 2206/72 (2013.01); F16C 2326/05 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0041 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing unit for a suspension strut of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a guide ring having a guide axis for a wheel spring;
a cap with a damper holder for a damper block;
a bumpstop holder for a bumpstop, the bumpstop holder formed integrally with the cap; and
an axial bearing with a bearing pitch circle for supporting the guide ring on the cap and for low-friction rotation about the guide axis relative to the cap, wherein:
the cap comprises an insert made of a metal;
the insert comprises an integrally formed body connection formed by cold forming, the body connection disposed radially offset from the guide axis; and
the body connection comprises internal nut threads for receiving an axial screw connection thereby forming a direct connection of the bearing unit to a body part.