US 12,151,755 B2
Steering knuckle of a utility vehicle
Michael Blessing, Munich (DE); Markus Gruber, Ebersberg (DE); Stefan Kemmler, Tuebingen (DE); Matthias Klingner, Moorenweis (DE); Jakob Lachermeier, Freising (DE); Wolfgang Pahle, Bad Wiessee (DE); Edgar Ruhl, Ingolstadt (DE); Robert Trimpe, Wessling (DE); and Alexander Werth, Wessling (DE)
Assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/595,740
Filed by KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063473
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/239461, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 113 939.2 (DE), filed on May 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219755 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 7/18 (2006.01); B60B 27/00 (2006.01); B60B 27/02 (2006.01); B60B 35/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/095 (2006.01); F16D 55/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 7/18 (2013.01) [B60B 27/0005 (2013.01); B60B 27/0063 (2013.01); B60B 27/02 (2013.01); B60B 35/003 (2013.01); F16D 65/0062 (2013.01); F16D 65/095 (2013.01); F16D 2055/0012 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering knuckle, composed of a casting material, of a utility vehicle, comprising:
a main body composed of a cast material;
a steering knuckle bearing;
a hub-type receptacle which, in the shape of a pot for receiving a roller bearing and an axle journal, is open toward a rim of a vehicle wheel;
a pad receptacle for receiving a brake pad, the pad receptacle having a support face and two support elements that are disposed in succession in a rotating direction of the vehicle wheel; and
a control arm attachment molded on the main body for attaching an axle control arm,
wherein the main body has at least one cutout.