Disclosed is a wheel carrier apparatus for a motor vehicle, with a wheel hub (20) to which a vehicle wheel can be fastened, an articulation apparatus (30) for torque transmission comprising an articulation housing (32) and an articulation drive element (36) operatively connected to the articulation housing (32), wherein the articulation housing (32) is arranged coaxially to the wheel hub (20) and is connected to the wheel hub (20) in a rotationally fixed manner, a wheel carrier (40) on which the wheel hub (20) and the articulation housing (32) are borne via a wheel bearing (50) in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the wheel bearing (50) comprises an outer bearing ring (52) fastened to the wheel carrier (40), an inner bearing ring (54) divided in the axial direction, and multiple rolling bodies (56) arranged radially between the inner bearing ring (54) and the outer bearing ring (52), wherein the divided inner bearing ring (54) comprises a first inner bearing ring element (58) and a second inner bearing ring element (60), wherein the first inner bearing ring element (58) is manufactured integrally with the wheel hub (20), and the second inner bearing ring element (60) is manufactured integrally with the articulation housing (32), and wherein the articulation housing (32) can be fastened axially to the wheel hub (20) in such a way that the axial distance (A) between the two inner bearing ring elements (58, 60) and the biasing of the wheel bearing (50) is adjustable.
Wheel carrier apparatus for a motor vehicle
2024-02-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge |