Ball Joint
AssigneeTRW Automotive GmbH
InventorLothar Schaumann
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Abstract
A ball joint, particularly an axial joint, having a housing, a bearing shell which is arranged in the housing, and a ball pin with a ball head which is arranged in the bearing shell, is characterized in that the bearing shell is bent open elastically by the ball head so that the restoring force resulting from its deformation applies a prestress onto the ball head which attempts to press the latter out of the housing.
Claims7
A ball joint, particularly an axial joint, having a housing, a bearing shell which is arranged in the housing, and a ball pin with a ball head which is arranged in the bearing shell, wherein the bearing shell is bent open elastically by the ball head so that a restoring force resulting from deformation of the bearing shell applies a prestress onto the ball head which attempts to press the latter out of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.