Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Soeren Knopp

Ralf Kunze

Manfred Buhl

Heinfried Helms

A joint unit of a control arm of a wheel suspension in a motor vehicle, with a housing () and a pivot (), which is mounted slidingly in the housing by a spheroidal bearing surface (). The joint unit has a catching device () to avoid complete separation of the housing () from the pivot (). The catching device spans over part of the housing () in a contactless manner during normal operation. The catching device () has at least one flexible catching band or at least one securing strap () with a recess (), into which protrudes a catching pin () of the housing in a contactless manner during normal operation, or at least two securing straps (and).

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Ostercappeln, Germany

Soeren Knopp