# US 8,783,702 B2 · Single-axis damping joint for connecting chassis components for vehicles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,702 B2 - Document ID: US8783702B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/702,553 - Filed: 2010-07-20 - Published: 2013-03-28 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2010-06-14 - Assignees: Iljin.Co.Ltd. - Applicants: Young-Chun Lee; Tae-Sung Kwon - Inventors: Young-Chun Lee; Tae-Sung Kwon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783702B2 ## CPC - B60G 7/02: Attaching arms to sprung part of vehicle {(B60G7/006 takes precedence)} - B60G 7/005: {Ball joints (B60G7/006 takes precedence; for steering linkage B62D7/16; ball joints per se F16C11/06)} - F16C 11/0614: {the female part of the joint being open on two sides} - F16C 11/083: {by means of parts of rubber or like materials} - F16F 1/3849: {Mounting brackets therefor, e.g. stamped steel brackets; Restraining links} - F16F 1/3863: {characterised by the rigid sleeves or pin, e.g. of non-circular cross-section (F16F1/3807, F16F1/387 take precedence)} - B60G 2204/416: Ball or spherical joints - F16C 2326/05: Vehicle suspensions, e.g. bearings, pivots or connecting rods used therein - Y10T 403/32713: Elastomerically biased or backed components - Y10T 403/32737: including liner, shim, or discrete seat - B60G: VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V; {cycle suspensions B62K25/00}) - F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS - F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract The present invention relates to a single-axis damping joint for connecting chassis components for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a single-axis damping joint for connecting chassis components for a vehicle, capable of improving performance of absorbing forward and backward vibration of a vehicle body and vibration due to distortion force while improving durability. To this end, the present invention provides the single-axis damping joint for connecting chassis components for the vehicle, including: a ball stud including a spherical portion on an axis; bearings disposed so as to induce rotation of the ball stud in an axis direction; a sheet member configured to support an external circumferential surface of the bearing; a buffer member disposed at an external circumferential surface of the sheet member; and an outer pipe configured to protect the sheet member from the outside while being in close contact with the external circumferential surface of the sheet member and coupled to one end of a lower arm. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A single-axis damping joint for connecting chassis components for a vehicle, comprising: a ball stud including a spherical portion on an axis; bearings disposed so as to induce rotation of the ball stud in an axis direction; a sheet member configured to support an external circumferential surface of the bearings; a buffer member disposed at an external circumferential surface of the sheet member; ring-shaped sealing members configured to prevent foreign substances and water from passing through from the environment outside of the damping joint disposed at both outer ends of the bearings in the axis direction so as to compress an external circumferential surface of the ball stud; and an outer pipe configured to protect the sheet member from the environment outside of the damping joint while being in close contact with the external circumferential surface of the sheet member and coupled to one end of a lower arm, wherein the sheet member has a space spaced by a predetermined distance formed between the buffer member, the bearings, and the sealing members, and is formed by filling the space with plastic by insert molding. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The single-axis damping joint of claim 1, wherein the sealing members are made of thermoplastic polyurethane. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The single-axis damping joint of claim 1, wherein the outer pipe is made of a metal material, and includes a knurling portion at an internal circumferential surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The single-axis damping joint of claim 1 wherein the buffer member is made of a rubber material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The single-axis damping joint of claim 1, wherein each of the bearings is disposed so as to be in rolling-contact with an external circumferential surface of the spherical portion of the ball stud. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The single-axis damping joint of claim 5, wherein each of the bearings is made of a synthetic resin material, and has a plurality of protrusions at an external circumferential surface of the bearing in a circumferential direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The single-axis damping joint of claim 5, wherein the bearings comprise at least one pair of bearings separated from and coupled to each other, and the pair of bearings is fitted to both sides of a shaft with the spherical portion interposed therebetween, and has a ring-shaped recess and a ring-shaped protrusion corresponding to each other at respective edge ends facing each other.