Ball-and-socket joint for motor vehicles

Details Ball-and-socket joint for motor vehicles Ball-and-socket joint for motor vehicles

1989-08-24

1990-11-20

Kundrat, Andrew V.

Joints and connections

Articulated members

Pivoted

403135, 403 39, F16C 1106

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049714732

ABSTRACT:
A ball-and-socket joint for motor vehicles includes a joint ball (1) provided on a pivot pin (2) mounted movably in a sliding shell (4) made of plastic. A zone of grooves (8) are provided for receiving lubricant on an inner surface of the sliding shell. The sliding shell is inserted into a housing (5) whose inner wall closely surrounds the outer wall of the sliding shell (4). In the zone of the grooves receiving the lubricant, flat recesses (9), which permit radial deformation of the sliding shell (4) in the direction toward the housing, are provided between the housing (5) and the sliding shell (4).

REFERENCES:
patent: 3787127 (1974-01-01), Cutler
patent: 3856423 (1974-12-01), Uchida
patent: 4318627 (1982-03-01), Morin
patent: 4430016 (1984-02-01), Matsuoka et al.
patent: 4577988 (1986-03-01), Gollub et al.
patent: 4577989 (1986-03-01), Ito

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