Bracket-less clamping assembly

A clamping assembly of a strut element for a coupling connection of assemblies or components, the clamping assembly comprising:

• an end area (5) of a substantially tubular strut (1),
• a threaded bolt (2),
• a threaded sleeve (6) being arranged in the end area (5) of the strut (1) in a radial annular gap between the threaded bolt (2) and an inside cross-section of the strut (1), and the threaded sleeve having a conical external thread (8) and an internal thread (12) that corresponds to the threaded bolt (2),
• the end area of the strut (1) having a conical internal thread (11) that corresponds to the external thread (8) of the threaded sleeve (6), and
• the threaded sleeve (6) being designed to be radially elastic, at least in an area of its end (14) on a strut side.

A clamping assembly of a strut element for coupling a strut to a ball joint, the clamping assembly comprising:

• the strut defining an axis and being tubular, and the strut having an end area with a threaded internal surface which is conical;
• the ball joint comprises a tubular bolt that extends coaxially with the strut and having a threaded outer surface;
• a threaded sleeve extending coaxially with the strut and the bolt, the threaded sleeve having an overall axial length and interior and exterior outer surfaces, the interior surface of the threaded sleeve is tubular and threadedly mated with the outer surface of the bolt, the exterior surface of the threaded sleeve is conical and threaded mated with the conical interior surface of the strut such that the threaded sleeve is received within the end area of the strut and the bolt is received within the sleeve;
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• the threaded sleeve comprises a plurality of axially extending channels that are spaced about a circumference of the threaded sleeve, the channels extending from a strut side end of the threaded sleeve axially for at least half of the overall axial length of the sleeve, the channels facilitate a diametrical reduction of the sleeve as the sleeve rotates with respect to the strut and the conical exterior surface of the sleeve being threadedly mated with the conical interior surface of the strut.