VEHICLE WITH MOUNTINGS OF VARIABLE LATERAL STIFFNESS BETWEEN A BODY AND A CHASSIS

• Main Author: SCHEUCHER, KLAUS-PETER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.02.2012
• Subjects: LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A motor vehicle having a chassis frame and a vehicle body has switchable connection elements between the chassis frame and the vehicle body. The connection elements are arranged both in front of and behind the connection line of the wheel contact points of the front wheels and/or the connection line of the wheel contact points of the rear wheels. As a result, during cornering, the vehicle body exercises a bending moment upon the chassis frame, which results in a self-steering behavior of the front axle and/or of the rear axle. This self-steering behavior can be influenced in that either the connection elements in front of or the connection elements behind the corresponding axle are triggered such that they exhibit a transverse rigidity that is as high as possible. While the respective other connection elements are triggered such that they exhibit a transverse rigidity that is as low as possible. The triggering takes place by way of a control unit which, for example, uses parameters from the driving operation of the motor vehicle as control variables.