Ball joint assembly for vehicle and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeIljin.Co.Ltd.
InventorTae-Sung KWON
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Abstract
A ball joint assembly for a vehicle includes a ball stud having a ball on a shaft, a pair of bearing members roll-contacted with the ball of the ball stud, a seat member supporting an exterior circumference of the bearing members, and an outer case enclosing the seat member. According to the ball joint assembly for a vehicle, the outer case and the bearing members are separately provided, and the seat member is formed of a molding portion insert-molded between the outer case and the bearing members.
Claims12
A ball joint assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a ball stud having a ball on a shaft;
- a pair of bearing members roll-contacted with the ball of the ball stud;
- a seat member supporting an exterior circumference of the bearing members;
- and
- an outer case enclosing the seat member,
- wherein the outer case, the seat member, and the bearing members are integrally formed with each other.
A ball joint assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a ball stud having a ball on a shaft;
- a pair of bearing members roll-contacted with the ball of the ball stud;
- a seat member supporting an exterior circumference of the bearing members;
- and
- an outer case enclosing the seat member,
- wherein the outer case and the bearing members are separately provided, and
- the seat member is formed of a molding portion that is insert-molded between the outer case and the bearing members.
A method of manufacturing a ball joint assembly comprising a ball stud having a ball on a shaft, a pair of bearing members roll-contacted with the ball of the ball stud, a seat member supporting an exterior circumference of the bearing members, and an outer case enclosing the seat member, the method comprising:
- mounting the pair of bearing members on the ball;
- setting the outer case at an exterior circumferential side of the bearing members;
- and
- forming the seat member by insert-molding, in a state in which a predetermined molding region is set between the bearing members and the outer case apart from the bearing members, a molten synthetic resin material into the predetermined molding region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.