Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Zf Lemforder Metallwaren Ag

Zf Friedrichshafen

Lemforder Electronic Gmbh

Frank Nachbar

Metin Ersoy

Martin Rechtien

Jens Vortmeyer

Volker Grube

Frank Budde

Uwe Zeibig

Julian Stratmann

Ignacio Lobo Casanova

Jan Pabst

Peter Hofmann

Jochen Kruse

Alfons Nordloh

Rainer Haevescher

Stefan Schönhoff

Manfred Sieve

Dirk Adamczyk

Frank Scheper

Günter Lohfink

Witalij Knaub

Dirk Lamla

Sebastian Schlotter

Philipp Grevemeyer

Wolfgang Jekel

Hauke Frenzel

Andreas Temmen

Christian Stelter

Karl-Heinz Kallwass

Ulrich Bladt

José Ramón Izquierdo Nuñez

Jesús Santiago Miguel Pérez

Esteban Cañibano Alvarez

Cord Fricke

Cord Groneweg

Tobias Hodde

Michael Spiekermann

Henner Schwiebert

Jens Diekhoff

An insert for a ball joint () in a motor vehicle. The insert having a first part-structure () for making at least partial slide-bearing contact with a joint ball (). The first part-structure () can be connected, by over-molding, to a joint socket () and/or to a joint housing (). The insert () can be positioned and/or handled to cover a pole surface, to increase the extraction force, the insert () has an open part-structure () such that a cage-like configuration can be produced for surrounding the joint ball ().

Insert for a ball joint in a motor vehicle, ball joint or link having an insert of this type, and method for producing an insert of this type, a ball joint of this type or a link of this type

A stabilizer () for a chassis of a vehicle. The stabilizer has a curved stabilizer body () that forms a torsion spring, a pendulum support () and a connecting element (). The connecting element () connects the stabilizer body () and the pendulum support () to one another. To reduce the cost and complexity of assembly. The stabilizer is characterized in that a first end () of the connecting element () is injection-molded onto a pendulum support end ().

Stabilizer bar for a chassis of a motor vehicle, and method for producing such a stabilizer bar

A method for producing a ball joint having an outer housing with an outer housing stud opening, an inner housing arranged inside the outer housing and provided with an inner housing stud opening, and a ball stud having a joint ball is moveably fitted in the inner housing and which extends out through the inner housing stud opening. The method includes inserting and positioning the stud with its joint ball in the outer housing such that, between the outer housing and the stud, a free space surrounding the joint ball and/or stud remains and the stud extends out through the outer housing stud opening. After which the free space is filled with a plastic material which enclosed the joint ball and then cures to form the inner housing. A gap is formed between the outer and inner housings during curing and closed after curing by compressing the outer housing.

Method for producing a ball joint

A method for producing a joining connection between a joint housing and at least one connection component including: providing a blank for the fabrication of the joint housing, and providing a connection component with a joint receptacle inserting the blank into the joint receptacle of the connection component and producing the joint housing through forming by cold extrusion of the inserted blank. An undercut positive-engagement joining connection is generated between the joint housing and the connection component during the cold extrusion process through transverse extrusion and/or upsetting. A chassis component has a structural component part with at least one joint receptacle formed as orifice and a joint housing for a joint device, which joint housing is inserted into this joint receptacle and fastened to the structural component part.

Method for producing a joint connection between a joint housing and a connection component and suspension component and chassis produced according to the method

A link rod for a motor vehicle, with a connecting rod () designed with an open profile that extends in an axial direction (x), which comprises a back () and two opposed sidepieces () which are connected to one another by the back (), extending away from the back so as to enclose an angle (a) of less than 180&#xb0; between them. Two joints () are connected to one another by the connecting rod (), each joint comprises a joint housing () and an inner joint component () that is fitted and able to move in the housing and extends outwardly therefrom. The connecting rod () is embedded, at its respective axial ends, in one of the joint housings (), and the sidepieces () enclose an angle (&#x3b1;) of at least 90&#xb0; between them.

Link rod for a motor vehicle

A component of a machine. The component has a measuring fixture for measuring forces and at least one metallic, magnetic portion. The measuring fixture includes at least one field-generating member for producing an electromagnetic alternating field and at least one detection member for detecting changes of the magnetic field produced. The field-generating member and the detection members are arranged on the metallic, magnetic portion and are designed to interact with the metallic, magnetic portion in such manner that by way of the measuring fixture, as a function of measurement signals from the detection member, forces acting on and/or deformations of the component can be detected.

Device having a measuring apparatus for measuring forces and/or loads

A connecting assembly for a vehicle, with a structural component () having a connection area (), a joint () having a bearing element () and an inner joint component () fitted and able to move in the latter and which extends outward the assembly, in an axial direction (). The bearing element () together with the connection area () form an insert, and a cast element () is produced by casting around and enclosing the insert. The structural component () and the inner joint component () extend out of the cast element (). The insert has a closing component () that engages with a mutual interlock with the structural component () to form, together with the structural component (), a joint holder () that secures the bearing element () with an interlock, in the axial direction ().

Connecting assembly for a vehicle

A method of producing a chassis component. The method including the steps of coating an outside of a structural component, coating an outside of a joint cartridge which has been preassembled as a joint, and permanently and securely connecting the structural component to the joint cartridge using a material bonding or joining process.

Method for producing a chassis component

A connecting arrangement for a motor vehicle wheel suspension, with a spring plate for receiving a vehicle spring, a joint and a connecting strut, which is articulated to the spring plate by way of the joint. The joint includes a fastening section that extends in an axial direction and engages in a fastening hole formed in the spring plate. The fastening section passes through the fastening hole and is shaped outside the hole, on a side of the spring plate facing away from the joint, to form a contact surface that is supported axially against the spring plate.

Connection arrangement for a motor vehicle wheel suspension

A connector piece for the articulated connection of structural elements of a chassis of a motor vehicle. The connector piece has a main body, formed from at least one metal sheet, which has at least one bearing or joint and includes a housing connected to the main body and an inner part which is fitted within an inside space of the housing and can move relative to the housing. The housing comprises a housing portion that surrounds the inside space and includes at least two sheet-metal strips that are arranged adjacent one another, in a longitudinal direction, and are bent between their ends, in opposite directions transverse to the longitudinal direction, such that the metal strips partially surround the inside space on different sides.

Connector piece for the articulated connection of components located in the suspension of a vehicle

A connecting piece for the articulated connection of components disposed in the chassis of a vehicle. The connecting piece comprises a base body () made out of sheet metal in which at least one through bore () is provided, a plastic part () is rigidly connected to the base body (), and at least one articulated joint (), comprising a housing (), rigidly connected to the base body (). The housing () is inserted into the through bore (), in an axial direction (), and has a housing section () with a radial shoulder () disposed outside the hole () and embedded in the plastic part (), by which the housing section (), rigidly connected to the housing (), is axially supported on the base body ().

A control arm for the wheel suspension of a motor vehicle with an arm bodymade of at least one sheet metal part and at least one pivotal point for connection to a fixing point on the vehicle body side is introduced, whereby the pivotal point is designed as a circular mounting bushingfor an elastic bearing elementAccording to the present invention, the wall of the mounting bushingis molded in one piece with the arm bodyand consists of a bearing areahaving a ring-shaped design as well as a mounting strapfixed on the arm body

Control arm for the wheel suspension of a motor vehicle

A process and a device are provided for mounting ball and socket joints with at least one connecting piece. A first ball and socket joint housing part () is fed to a mounting device, a ball pivot (), surrounded by a bearing shell (), is inserted into the first ball and socket joint housing (). A second housing part () closing the ball and socket joint is positioned at the first ball and socket joint housing part (). A connecting piece () is placed at the ball and socket joint housing (), and the housing parts () are joined together and to the connecting piece () in a non-positive and positive-locking manner and/or connected via a corresponding connection ().

Process and device for mounting ball and socket joints with at least one connecting piece

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