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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0614 (2013.01); F16C 11/0685 (2013.01); F16C 11/0661 (2013.01); F16C 11/0671 (2013.01); F16C 2220/04 (2013.01); F16C 2326/05 (2013.01); F16C 2326/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sleeve joint (), in particular for a vehicle, having an outer sleeve () which receives and secures a ball socket (), in an axial direction. The ball socket () is composed of a plastics material for engagement with an inner ball joint body (). The ball socket () extends radially as far as an inner wall () of the outer sleeve, such that the ball socket () is supported directly on the outer sleeve ().