Joint assembly for a ball joint of a v-stay and a method of releasing a joint assembly
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsBill ÖSTMAN, Sven Bergqvist
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Abstract
A joint assembly for ball joint of a vehicle has a housing, a joint member that may be at least partly inserted into the housing, a locking member that is movable between a locked position, in which the joint member is locked to the housing, and an unlocked position. The joint assembly has a resilient member that is arranged to bias the locking member towards the locked position. The joint assembly has a fluid inlet and is configured such that a pressurized fluid may be supplied via the fluid inlet to move the locking member from the locked position to the unlocked position.
Claims20
A joint assembly for a ball joint of a vehicle, the joint assembly comprising
- a housing,
- a joint member that may be at least partly inserted into the housing,
- a locking member that is movable between a locked position, in which the joint member is locked to the housing, and an unlocked position, the joint assembly further comprising
- a resilient member that is arranged to bias the locking member towards the locked position,
- wherein the joint assembly comprises a fluid inlet and is configured such that a pressurized fluid may be supplied via the fluid inlet to move the locking member from the locked position to the unlocked position.
A method of releasing a joint assembly of a ball joint, the joint assembly comprising a joint member and a locking member that is movable between a locked position in which the joint member is locked and an unlocked position, the joint assembly further comprising a resilient member that is arranged to bias the locking member towards the locked position, the method comprising
- supplying a fluid to the joint assembly to move the locking member from the locked position to the unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.