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AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsArtur Berger, Thomas Richter
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A ball joint (1, 37) for a chassis of a vehicle has an inner joint portion (4) and a one-piece slide bearing (10) made of plastic, A joint ball (35) of the inner joint portion (4) is fitted so that it can swivel in a ball-bearing section (16). The slide bearing (10) has a holding section (12, 38) for the arrangement of a sensor element (13, 39). In order to simplify the structure and/or assembly of the ball joint (1, 37), the outside of the slide bearing (10) has a circular-ring-shaped contact surface (20) which is formed coaxially relative to a central longitudinal axis (19) of the slide bearing (10) and which co-operates with a separate closure ring (9) surrounding the outside of the slide bearing (10) to fix the slide bearing (10) in a joint housing (3).
A ball joint for a chassis of a vehicle, the ball joint comprising:
The ball joint according to further comprising the sensor element, wherein at its outer circumference the sensor element (13, 39) has an annular or ring-segment-like securing element (42), the securing element (42) configured to provide a clamping or spring force on the sensor element (13, 39), wherein the spring force is directed radially inward toward the central longitudinal axis (19) to secure a snap-on and/or detent-type connection between the sensor element (13, 39) and the holding section (12, 38).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.