Patent ID: 7306079
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. A suspension system for a motor vehicle body having a level regulating device for setting a predetermined height of the motor vehicle body, comprising: an outer tube; at least one piston-cylinder assembly arranged in said outer tube and having a working cylinder, a piston rod and a damping piston having damping valves; an oil reservoir; inflow and outflow lines for conducting a flow of oil between said oil reservoir and said at least one piston-cylinder assembly; a pump including a pump piston and a drive arranged for pumping oil through said inflow and outflow lines for setting the predetermined height of the motor vehicle body; and a base sealingly arranged on said outer tube, wherein said pump is mountable to said base in at least two different mounting positions, wherein said pump is configured so that said pump is operable in each of said at least two different mounting positions for pumping oil through said inflow and outflow lines for setting the predetermined height of the motor vehicle body, at least one duct being provided in said pump for each of said at least two different mounting positions, the at least one duct associated with the current one of said at least two mounting positions being connected to said at least one piston cylinder assembly and all other ones of said at least one duct ending at said base as blind lines.