Insert for a ball joint in a motor vehicle, ball joint or link having an insert of this type, and method for producing an insert of this type, a ball joint of this type or a link of this type
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsFrank NACHBAR, Jan PABST, Volker GRUBE
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Abstract
An insert for a ball joint (19) in a motor vehicle. The insert having a first part-structure (6) for making at least partial slide-bearing contact with a joint ball (2). The first part-structure (6) can be connected, by over-molding, to a joint socket (17) and/or to a joint housing (18). The insert (1) can be positioned and/or handled to cover a pole surface, to increase the extraction force, the insert (1) has an open part-structure (20) such that a cage-like configuration can be produced for surrounding the joint ball (2).
Claims15
1-14. (canceled)
An insert for a ball joint (19) in a motor vehicle, the insert comprising:
- a first part-structure (6) being at least in partial slide-bearing contact with a joint ball (2),
- the first part-structure (6) being connectable, by over-molding, to at least one of a joint socket (17) and a joint housing (18), and
- a cage-like configuration, surrounding the joint ball (2), being produced by an open part-structure (20).
A ball joint with a joint ball (2) and an insert (1) having a first part-structure (6) which is at least in partial slide-bearing contact with a joint ball (2),
- the first part-structure (6) being connectable, by over-molding, to at least one of a joint socket (17) and a joint housing (18),
- a cage-like configuration, surrounding the joint ball (2), being produced by an open part-structure (20), and
- the insert being at least one of:
- at least partially integrated in at least one of the joint socket (17) and the joint housing (18), and
- at least partially over-molded by an injection-molding process to produce the at least one of the joint socket (17) and the joint housing (18).
A method for producing an insert of a ball joint (19) which is integrated into a chassis component or link of a motor vehicle, the insert having first part-structure which is at least in partial slide-bearing contact with the joint ball (2), the method comprising:
- forming the insert to have at least one of an open part-structure (20) and a cage-like structure to surround the joint ball, and
- connecting the first part-structure (6) of the insert, by over-molding, to at least one of a joint socket (17) and a joint housing (18).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.