Abstract:
A method for determining the wheel load or axle load of an air-sprung vehicle by measuring the internal pressure of the air spring, wherein the wheel load or axle load is determined using a pressure curve which represents the relationship between a bearing force acting on the air spring and the internal pressure of the air spring, characterized in that starting from a wheel load or axle load determined by pressure measurement, using an original pressure curve of an air spring which has been newly brought into operation, further pressure measurements are carried out using pressure curves which, in comparison with the original pressure curve, show a change reflecting the aging of the air spring.
Abstract:
A chassis component (1) for a wheel suspension having at least two pivot points (3, 4), at least one connecting structure (7) which interconnects the pivot points (3, 4) with one another, and at least one sensor (9). The at least one sensor (9) is embodied as a piezoresistive thin film (19) arranged on a section of a surface (8) of the connecting structure (7). A thin film interconnects contact points (15, 16), of at least two conductive sections (13, 14) which are integrated in the connecting structure (7), to one another.
Abstract:
A suspension includes a housing, a radius arm, a radius arm bush, and a shock absorber. Inclination angles θ1 and θ2 satisfy ΔF·tan θ2>M·tan θ1, in which: θ1 is an inclination angle at which a straight line coupling the center of the radius arm bush to the center of a rear wheel is inclined to a horizontal line, to lower toward the rear wheel, viewed from a side of the vehicle in a steady state; θ2 is an inclination angle at which an axis of expansion and shrink of the shock absorber is inclined to a vertical direction, to allow the shock absorber's upper end to more forward from the shock absorber's lower end; M is an unsprung mass of the suspension; and ΔF is an amount of increase in a vertical load on the rear wheel from the steady state during a shrinkwise stroke of the shock absorber.
Abstract:
This invention provides an anti-slip floor mat with transparent top surface mainly includes a top surface, a PU self-skinning layer and an anti-slip layer stacked together in that order. The top surface is made of a transparent material. The PU self-skinning layer comprises foaming polyurethane and mainly formed by foaming an isocyanate with a polyether polyols intermixture, and the mass ratio of the isocyanate to the polyether polyols intermixture is 100:20˜50. A plurality of through holes passing through said anti-slip layer are defined in the anti-slip layer. A surface of said PU self-skinning layer adjacent to said anti-slip layer further comprises a plurality of rivets, said rivets pass through said through holes and extend to a surface of said anti-slip layer away from said PU self-skinning layer.
Abstract:
This invention provides an anti-slip floor mat with transparent top surface mainly includes a top surface, a PU self-skinning layer and an anti-slip layer stacked together in that order. The top surface is made of a transparent material. The PU self-skinning layer comprises foaming polyurethane and mainly formed by foaming an isocyanate with a polyether polyols intermixture, and the mass ratio of the isocyanate to the polyether polyols intermixture is 100:20-50. A plurality of through holes passing through said anti-slip layer are defined in the anti-slip layer. A surface of said PU self-skinning layer adjacent to said anti-slip layer further comprises a plurality of rivets, said rivets pass through said through holes and extend to a surface of said anti-slip layer away from said PU self-skinning layer.
Abstract:
A vehicle component with at least two connection points, a structural component that extends between the connection points and rigidly connects them with one another. The structural component comprises at least one insert made of a ductile material and at least two connection zones that support or form the two connection points, at least one of the zones comprises plastic. The structural component comprises at least one intermediate section that connects the two connection zones rigidly to one another and comprises the insert or is formed by the insert, this section is more ductile than at least one of the two connection zones and, in relation to a mechanical overload of the structural component, forms a locally delimited weak-point or region.
Abstract:
A method of calculating a cornering force to be applied to each wheel provided to a vehicle which is cornering, comprising the steps of: obtaining a magnitude of a centrifugal force to the vehicle in a direction substantially orthogonal to a vehicle traveling direction, a contact length of each wheel during the cornering of the vehicle, and an amount of deformation in a wheel width direction at the contact portion of each wheel of the vehicle, calculating a difference between the obtained amount of the deformation and an amount of deformation in the wheel width direction under a straight forward travel condition of the vehicle for each wheel, and calculating a cornering force for each wheel based on the magnitude of the centrifugal force, the contact length, and the difference between amounts of deformation in the wheel width direction.
Abstract:
A wheel suspension is provided for a vehicle (7), with a carrier element (5), a wheel carrier (1) arranged at a spaced location from the carrier element (5) and a wheel (14) mounted rotatably on the wheel carrier (1). The wheel carrier (1) is connected to the carrier element (5) via a first guide (3; 17) and a first pivotable connection (10) and the wheel carrier (1) is connected to the carrier element (5) via a second guide (2; 4) and a second pivotable connection (8; 12). A first angle-measuring device (27, 28) is integrated in the first pivotable connection (10) and a second angle-measuring device (44, 45) is integrated in the second pivotable connection (8; 12).
Abstract:
A load-sensing system is provided with at least one ball and socket joint and a ball and socket joint for load sensing is provided. The ball and socket joint of the load-sensing system has a joint housing, in which the joint ball of a ball pivot (1) can be received in a slidingly movable manner. The ball pivot (1) comprises a shaft area and a joint ball, a load-sensing means (3) being arranged in the shaft area of the ball pivot. The load-sensing system is characterized according to the present invention by an evaluating means, which is set up such that the signals of the load-sensing means (3) are output as a vector in a cartesian coordinate system. The load sensing makes it possible to reliably determine the operating or load state not only of individual components but rather of entire assembly units of a motor vehicle and with which the vehicle dynamics can be adjusted.
Abstract:
To provide a sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly, which is capable of stably detecting the load acting on the wheel and the rotational speed of the wheel and with which assembly a load sensor and/or a rotation sensor can be installed compactly in a vehicle, double rows of rolling elements 3 are interposed between respective raceways 4 and 5 of outer and inner members 1 and 2 opposed to each other, while a to-be-detected ring 9 (9A) having an eccentric or multangular outer diametric shape is provided in the inner member 2 with a displacement sensor provided the outer member 1 confronting the to-be-detected ring 9 (9A). For this displacement sensor, displacement sensors 10 and 11 having a facing portion areas, variable and invariable, respectively, with rotation of the to-be-detected ring 9 (9A) are arranged.