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US 2011/0081194 A1Published application
Ball joint
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorMetin Ersoy
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Abstract
A ball joint comprising a housing (4) having a pin opening (12), a ball pin (3) having a joint ball (2), the ball pin being movably supported in the housing (4) by the joint ball (2). The ball pin extends out through the pin opening (12) of the housing (4) and the joint ball (2) has a non-planar control surface (7) which is in contact with an abutment (8) provided on the housing (4).
Claims18
1-16. (canceled)
A ball joint comprising:
- a housing (4) having a pin opening (12),
- a ball pin (3) having a joint ball (2),
- the ball pin being movably supported in the housing (4) by the joint ball (2) and extending out through the pin opening (12) of the housing (4), and
- the joint ball (2) having a non-planar control surface (7) contacting an abutment (8) provided on the housing (4).
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A ball joint comprising:
- a housing (4) having a locking ring (19) with an oval shaped pin opening (12),
- a ball pin (3) having an integral joint ball (2) being movably secured within the housing (4) by the locking ring (19) with the ball pin (3) extending out through the pin opening (12) of the housing (4),
- the oval shape of the pin opening (12) limiting movability of the ball pin (3) and the joint ball (2), and
- the joint ball (2) having a partially flattened control surface (7), opposite the ball pin (3), which contacts an abutment (8) provided on the housing (4).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.