Zf Lemforder Metallwaren Ag

Melanie Enkler

Metin Ersoy

Volker Grube

Wolfgang Schmitt

Olaf Abels

Jochen Kruse

Jürgen Gräber

Manfred Bohne

Achim Möll

Dirk Lamla

Thomas Rösler

A ball and socket joint () is provided, for example, for a chassis bearing, with a ball (), a pivot () originating from the ball (), a housing () accommodating the ball, and a sealing bellows (), which extends between the housing () and the pivot () and has a housing-side opening () and a pivot-side opening (). The sealing bellows () has a circumferential sealing lip () for sealing at the pivot-side opening (). The ball and socket joint () has a first guide ring (), which guides the sealing bellows (). The first guide ring () is arranged at the pivot (). An especially favorable functional separation is achieved as a result between the guiding function and the sealing function.

Ball and socket joint with sealing bellows

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Dinklage, Germany

Melanie Enkler