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Zf Friedrichshafen

Felix Kallass

Michael Klank

Eckehard Münch

Josef Holtheide

Florian Bäumer

Julian Stratmann

Alfons Nordloh

Thorsten Sander

Markus Wulf

Michael Beyer

Hermann Frye

Henner Assmann

Joerg Hagemes

A ball joint (), for a vehicle chassis, having a joint housing () and a joint body () having a spherical portion (). The joint body () is held by the joint housing () at the spherical portion () of the joint body such that the joint body is mounted for articulation movement relative to the joint housing. A sensor assembly comprises a first sensor element () associated with the joint housing () and a second sensor element () associated with the joint body (). The second sensor element interacts with the first sensor element () in order to sense the position of the joint body () relative to the joint housing (). The ball joint is characterized in that the second sensor element () is arranged in the region of the spherical portion () of the joint body ().

Ball joint

An arrangement for connecting a link () of a chassis to a wheel carrier () by way of a ball sleeve joint (). The link () has an link eye (), the ball sleeve joint () has a ball sleeve (), and the wheel carrier () has two bearing eyes (). A sensor is located on the link eye () and a signal generator is located on the ball sleeve (). The sensor and signal generator form an angle measuring device. The ball sleeve () is connected to the bearing eyes () via a threaded pin (). An anti-rotation unit () is provided between the ball sleeve () and the wheel carrier () in order to fix a defined angular position of the ball sleeve () with respect to the wheel carrier ().

Arrangement for connecting a chassis link to a wheel carrier

A trailing arm device () of a drivable torsion beam axle () is described. The trailing arm device () has a housing () in which a drive-train () can be arranged and is connected to a trailing arm (). The housing (), as fitted into position within a vehicle, has a sidewall () formed integrally with a central housing region () on a side facing toward a wheel. The sidewall delimits a housing interior space () that accommodates, at least partially, the drive-train (). On the side facing away from the wheel, the housing interior space () is delimited by at least one cover element () that can be detachably connected to the central housing region ().

Longitudinal control arm device of a drivable semi-independent suspension

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Osnabrück, Germany

Felix Kallass