US 11,780,504 B2
Frame device for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, and vehicle having at least one such frame device
Gilbert Schantl, Munich (DE); Ruben Goldberg, Ingolstadt (DE); Thomas Klinger, Ingolstadt (DE); Marek Bujak, Wellheim (DE); Hans-Peter Frensch, Ingolstadt (DE); Martin Dobel, Ingolstadt (DE); and Eike Malte Manske, Ingolstadt (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/434,179
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051432
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/177942, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 203 104.8 (DE), filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144343 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 3/00 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/11 (2013.01) [B62D 3/00 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frame device for a vehicle, comprising a subframe, at least one support element, a steering gear, and at least one component,
wherein the subframe, the at least one support element, the steering gear, and the at least one component are all formed separately from one another,
wherein the subframe is attachable to a structure of the vehicle and comprises two side members spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction of the subframe and at least one cross member via which the side members are interconnected,
wherein the at least one support element comprises at least one attachment element by which the at least one component of the vehicle is attachable to the support element, and
wherein both the steering gear and the support element are attached to the subframe by a first fastening element at a first attachment point and by a second fastening element at a second attachment point, the first attachment point spaced apart from the second attachment point in the transverse direction.