Steering knuckle assembly for automotive vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5911425
SERIAL NO

08535265

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A steering knuckle assembly for the drive wheels of automotive vehicles including a carrier component adapted to be secured to the wheel suspension and carrying a floating-caliper brake and a wheel axle bearing, and a rotatably mounted wheel axle having a constant-velocity joint for the drive and a flange for the attachment of a brake disc. According to the present invention, the carrier component with the disc brake and the wheel axle bearing together with the wheel axle, the flange, the brake disc and a bowl shaped part of the constant-velocity joint are coupled to form a module which can be secured to the wheel suspension as a preassembled unit in the final assembly of the automotive vehicle. The carrier component is preferably formed integrally with supporting arms for the disc brake, fastening sections for the wheel suspension and a lever for the steering, on the one hand, and a radially internal ring of the wheel axle bearing, a shell-shaped part of the constant-velocity joint and the flange for attaching the brake disc are formed integrally with the wheel axle, on the other hand.

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ITT AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE GMBHD-60488 FRANKFURT

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Betzer, Rolf-Dieter Eschborn, DE 2 27
Hofmann, Heinrich Schweinfurt, DE 115 1193
Weiler, Rolf Eppstein, DE 74 722

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