Ball-and-socket joint for wheel suspensions in motor vehicles

Details Ball-and-socket joint for wheel suspensions in motor vehicles Ball-and-socket joint for wheel suspensions in motor vehicles

1996-06-24

2000-09-05

Lev, Bruce A.

Joints and connections

Articulated members

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403135, 403140, F16C 1100

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061133027

ABSTRACT:
The present innovation pertains to a ball-and-socket joint for wheel suspensions in motor vehicles including a joint ball provided at the end of a ball pin, bearing shell made of plastic for mounting the joint ball, housing which accommodates the bearing shell and which is closed by an inner cover on one side, and from which the ball pin exits on the side opposite the cover, an outer bushing for mounting the joint in a motor vehicle via an elastomeric layer arranged adhesively between the housing and the outer bushing and a movable flange which is rigidly arranged on the outside of the housing and is provided on its radial outer surface with elastomeric coating. The outer bushing of the ball joint is provided with a circular radial flange on a side of the outer cover. The circular radial flange is fixed together with the outer cover by deformation of the material of the edge of the mounting bushing of the motor vehicle part.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4720205 (1988-01-01), Ito
patent: 5318373 (1994-06-01), Buhl

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