Joint component
AssigneeZF Friedshafen AG
InventorsChristoph Werries, Jörg Heemann, Sören Knopp, Philipp Wilhelm Kruse, Farina Brenk
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AssigneeZF Friedshafen AG
InventorsChristoph Werries, Jörg Heemann, Sören Knopp, Philipp Wilhelm Kruse, Farina Brenk
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A joint component includes a ball joint with a joint housing that defines a stud opening and a measurement port opposite the stud opening in an axial direction. A ball stud includes a joint ball movably fitted in the joint housing, where the joint ball faces toward the measurement port and the ball stud extends out of the housing through the stud opening. A component body includes a joint-holding housing that defines a joint opening and has a base opposite the joint opening in the axial direction. The joint housing is inserted into the component body with its measurement port facing toward the base. An angle measurement device has an angle sensor to capture a signal that characterizes an angular position of the ball stud relative to the joint housing. The angle measurement device can hold the angle sensor in a sensor holder between the base and the joint housing.
A joint component comprising:
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