Bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or spherical bushing joints
AssigneeZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
InventorsManfred Bohne, Stefan Klumpe, Dirk Stuntebeck
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Abstract
A bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or ball sleeve joints is provided with an inner hollow spherically designed bearing surface (3). The bearing shell has an outer cylindrically designed support surface with which the bearing shell can be inserted into a joint housing. The bearing shell has a multipart design with at least two shell parts (1, 2), which can be detachably coupled with one another by a clamping device (6, 8). The parting plane between the half shells extends in the direction of the central longitudinal axis (10) of the bearing shell.
Claims6
Bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or ball sleeve joints with a said inner, hollow spherically designed bearing surface (3) and a said outer, cylindrically designed support surface (4), with which the bearing shell can be inserted into a joint housing, it has a multipart design with at least two said shell parts (1, 2), which can be detachably coupled with one another by a said clamping device (6, 8), wherein the parting plane between the said half shells (1, 2) extends in the direction of the said central longitudinal axis (10) of the bearing shell.
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