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US 12,065,012 B2Granted
Chassis link
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorsThomas Abram, Olga Kasper, Stephan Meyer, Vojtech Drtina
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Abstract
A chassis link has a link body, a ball joint socket being arranged at one link end of the link body. The ball joint socket has a cylindrical portion and an outwardly directed flange which is formed from the same material as and in one piece with the cylindrical portion. The ball joint socket is joined by way of the flange to a first web of the link body. A second lower web of the link body is joined to the cylindrical portion.
Claims15
A chassis link comprising:
- a link body,
- a ball joint socket at one link end of the link body, the ball joint socket comprising:
- a cylindrical portion, wherein the ball joint sock and the cylindrical portion are integral,
- an outwardly directed flange, wherein the flange is joined to a first web of the link body, the flange has two flange portions, a first flange portion having a first width, a second flange portion having a second width, and the first width is different from the second width, wherein a second web of the link body is joined to the cylindrical portion.
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A chassis link comprising:
- a link body,
- a ball joint socket at one link end of the link body, the ball joint socket comprising:
- a cylindrical portion, wherein the ball joint sock and the cylindrical portion are integral,
- an outwardly directed flange, wherein the flange is joined to a first web of the link body, the flange has two flange portions, a first flange portion having a first width, a second flange portion having a second width, and the first width is different from the second width, wherein the first web has an upper side and a lower side, the flange of the ball joint socket bearing against the lower side of the first web and being joined from above to the first web.
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A chassis link comprising:
- a link body,
- a ball joint socket at one link end of the link body, the ball joint socket comprising:
- a cylindrical portion, wherein the ball joint sock and the cylindrical portion are integral,
- an outwardly directed flange, wherein the flange is joined to a first web of the link body, the flange has two flange portions, a first flange portion having a first width, a second flange portion having a second width, and the first width is different from the second width, wherein a second web of the link body is joined to the cylindrical portion, and the first web comprises a first arcuate joining portion and the second web comprises a second arcuate joining portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.