Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hardening of flexible trailing arms
- Patent Title (中): 柔性拖臂的硬化
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Application No.: US13130446Application Date: 2009-11-19
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Publication No.: US08480104B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Derk Geert Aalderink , Martinus Jozef Maria Verhoofstad
- Applicant: Derk Geert Aalderink , Martinus Jozef Maria Verhoofstad
- Applicant Address: NL Apeldoorn
- Assignee: Weweler Nederland B.V.
- Current Assignee: Weweler Nederland B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Apeldoorn
- Agency: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
- Priority: NL2002248 20081124
- International Application: PCT/NL2009/000226 WO 20091119
- International Announcement: WO2010/059037 WO 20100527
- Main IPC: B60G3/16
- IPC: B60G3/16 ; B60G9/02

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing of a flexible trailing arm for a wheel axle suspension of a vehicle such as a lorry or a trailer. In the method a steel blank is heated. Next, the blank is formed into the desired shape of the trailing arm by means of a suitable forming process. Following that the trailing arm is austempered by cooling it in a warm fluid medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110254243A1 HARDENING OF FLEXIBLE TRAILING ARMS Public/Granted day:2011-10-20
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