The invention concerns a leaf spring (1, 2) for a vehicle suspension system, the leaf spring (1, 2) comprising a middle leaf plate (4) located between an upper leaf plate (5) and a lower leaf plate (3) and a center bolt (6) extending through an aperture (8...

A wheel suspension of a vehicle, in particular of a medium-duty or heavy-duty truck, has an axle (3) and a spring (1). The spring (1), in particular a leaf spring (1), has an elongated spring body (4) with two longitudinal ends and a central region (7), wh...

The control arm (1) has a guide rod (2), which is made of fiber composite material, where the guide rod forms a solid body joint, and the control arm comprises solid body joints, which are exclusively formed by the guide rod. The guide rod forms two solid ...

A vehicle suspension arrangement for a vehicle of the type having a chassis rail and a longitudinal axle arranged substantially orthogonal to the chassis rail has a primary spring with a predetermined resilience characteristic, a first portion for coupling...

The suspension has a multi-layer leaf spring (1) made of composite material and designed as a longitudinal leaf spring, and a clamping device (11) i.e. bracket device, coupling an axle component i.e. suspension tube (15) of a driven live axle, to the leaf ...

A silencer for a leaf spring assembly is provided which can realize both improvement in strength of projection portion and prevention of undesirable noise generation and which allows production for silencers to be easier and which can reduce the number of ...

Deflection protection (10) for a bendingly elastic installation, comprising a support (10A, 10B) for the installation in a region along the installation which is liable to deflection. According to the invention, the support comprises a pair of mutually opp...

A curved portion 123, which has a curved cross section, is formed at the recess 121 of the pad 110. The curved portion 123 has a contact portion 123A which contacts the tension surface of the leaf spring 12, which is disposed so as to face the curved porti...

A method of welding an axle connection device (100) to a face of an axle housing (102). The method includes forming two continuous welds (160,162) along both longitudinal edges of the device (100). Each weld (160,162) begins longitudinally inward of one of...

A damping structure for providing damping and vibration attenuation includes an intermediate steel sheet (12) positioned between an upper steel sheet (18) and a lower steel sheet (20). The structure is incorporated as a part of a suspension component. The ...