Zf Lemf&ouml;rder Metallwaren Ag

Stefan Klumpe

Manfred Bohne

Dirk Stuntebeck

Stefan Husmann

Klaus Lampe

Franz-Josef Wehri

A bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or ball sleeve joints is provided with an inner hollow spherically designed bearing surface ( ). The bearing shell has an outer cylindrically designed support surface with which the bearing shell can be inserted into a joint housing. The bearing shell has a multipart design with at least two shell parts ( ), which can be detachably coupled with one another by a clamping device ( ). The parting plane between the half shells extends in the direction of the central longitudinal axis ( ) of the bearing shell.

Bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints

A ball sleeve joint with a joint housing has a ball sleeve provided with a preferably spherically designed bearing surface. A bearing shell surrounds the bearing surface and is accommadated in a recess of the joint housing. The joint housing is formed from at least two housing parts. The housing parts have corresponding elastic toothed elements. The toothed elements are locked with one another in the assembled state of the joint housing.

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Ostercappeln, Germany

Stefan Klumpe