Ball- and -socket joint
AssigneeZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
InventorsOlaf Abels, Dieter Groger
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to a ball-and-socket joint, which has a housing, a ball pivot 3 mounted pivotably in the housing, and a sealing bellows 1, which is fastened to the housing and is mounted on the ball pivot 3 slidably via a sealing ring 4 provided with two legs 5, 6. A first leg 5 of the two legs 5, 6 is in contact with the ball pivot 3 under tension and the second leg 6 meshes with the wall of the sealing bellows 1. The second leg 6 is, furthermore, fastened in an anchoring ring 7 arranged at least partially in the wall of the sealing bellows 1.
Claims10
Ball-and-socket joint with a housing, a said ball pivot (3) mounted pivotably in the housing, and a said sealing bellows (1), which is fastened to the housing and is mounted on the said ball pivot (3) slidably via a said sealing ring (4) having two said legs (5, 6), wherein a first of the said two legs (5) is in contact with the said ball pivot (3) under pretension and the said second leg (6) meshes with the wall of the said sealing bellows (1), characterized in that the said second leg (6) is fastened in a said anchoring ring (7) arranged at least partially in the wall of the said sealing bellows (1).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.