Assembly of a ball joint shank and a tube
AssigneeTRW Ehrenreich GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsLothar Broszat, Andreas Merklinger, Fritz Busse
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Abstract
An assembly for use especially as track and tie rods of motor vehicles, comprising a ball joint shank (3) and a tube (1) the ball joint shank (3) having an outer thread (4) which is received in an inner thread (2) of the tube (1), and clamping means located in the zone of the inner thread (2) for securing the ball joint shank and applying a force acting circumferentially of the tube (1). Assembling of the shank with the tube is simplified. In particular, simple sealing and connection with many different tubes is possible. To this end, the tube comprises a fold (5) extending radially outward and having side walls (6) which can be clamped together by at least one fastener (8) to secure the ball joint shank (3).
Claims12
An assembly especially for track and tie rods of motor vehicles, comprising a ball joint shank (3) and a tube (1, 16, 20), the ball joint shank (3) having an outer thread (4) to be screwed into an inner threaded portion (2) of the tube (1, 16, 20), and clamping means for securing the ball joint shank with the tube and acting circumferentially of the tube (1, 16, 20), the clamping means comprising two radially extending portions on the tube (1, 16, 20) and at least one fastener (8) for clamping the radially extending portions together, characterized in that the radially extending portions are side walls (6) of a fold (5, 17, 21) of the tube, the fold extending radially outwardly and having a portion closing the area between said radially extending portions from the outside.
An assembly especially for track and tie rods of motor vehicles, comprising a ball joint shank and a tube, said ball joint shank having an outer thread to be screwed into an inner threaded portion of said tube, said tube having a U-shaped portion extending radially of said inner threaded portion with the free ends of the legs of said U-shaped portion attached to said inner threaded portion and the base of said U-shaped portion closing the area between said legs of said U-shaped portion and spaced from said inner threaded portion, and at least one fastener for clamping said legs of said U-shaped portion to secure said ball joint shank to said inner threaded portion of said tube.
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