Joint and/or bearing arrangement
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsHans-Gerd Brunneke, Christian Losche
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Abstract
A joint and/or bearing arrangement (1) having at least two connecting rods (2, 3) which come together in a receiving region (4) and accommodate a joint (5) or bearing in the receiving region (4). The joint or bearing (5) comprises a joint body (7), which is movably held in a joint body seat (6), and a housing (8) which accommodates and radially externally encloses the joint body seat (6), is designed such that the housing (8) comprises, on the outside, at least one rotation-lock region (9, 10, 14) having a non-circular contour.
Claims15
1-14. (canceled)
A joint and/or bearing arrangement (1) comprising at least two connecting rods (2, 3) which come together in a receiving region (4) and accommodate a joint or bearing (5) in the receiving region (4) thereof,
- the joint or bearing (5) comprising a joint body (7) being held in a joint body seat (6),
- a housing (8) accommodating and radially externally enclosing the joint body seat (6),
- the housing (8) comprising, on an outside thereof, at least one rotation-lock region (9, 10, 14) having a noncircular contour,
- the receiving region (4) of the connecting rods (2,3) being shaped to match (11, 12) the rotation-lock region (9;
- 10;
- 14) of the housing (8), and
- the rotation-lock region (9;
- 10) engaging with the receiving region (4) of the connecting rods (2, 3) in a form-locked manner.
A joint and/or bearing arrangement (1) comprising at least two connecting rods (2, 3) which come together in a receiving region (4) and accommodate either a joint (5) or bearing in the receiving region (4) thereof,
- the joint or bearing (5) comprises a joint body (7) being movably held in a joint body seat (6),
- a housing (8a) accommodating and radially externally enclosing the joint body seat (6),
- the joint or bearing (5) being held in a sleeve body (15) which holds the connecting rods (2, 3) together, and on which connecting-rod ends facing the receiving region (4) being held by in a press fit, and which are non-rotatably held via a contour (9;
- 10;
- 14) provided on the outside of the sleeve body (15).
A motor vehicle comprising at least one of inside suspension and steering parts which comprise either a joint or bearing arrangement (1) having at least two connecting rods (2, 3) which come together in a receiving region (4) and accommodate either a joint (5) or bearing in the receiving region (4) thereof,
- the joint or bearing (5) comprises a joint body (7) being held in a joint body seat (6),
- a housing (8) accommodating and radially externally enclosing the joint body seat (6),
- the housing (8) comprises, on an outside thereof, at least one rotation-lock region (9, 10, 14) having a noncircular contour, and
- the receiving region (4) of the connecting rods (2,3) being shaped to match (11, 12) the rotation-lock region (9, 10, 14) of the housing (8), and the rotation-lock region (9, 10) engaging with the receiving region (4) of the connecting rods (2;
- 3) in a form-locked manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.